Oxygen Theraphy to Maintain Intracranial Pressure in Acute Phase of Traumatic Brain Injury

Oxygen therapy aimed maintaining the adequacy of tissue oxygenation to prevent the increasing of intracranial pressure. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effected of low-flow with high fraction of oxygen method to maintain the intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients, with one-group pretest-postest design. Eighteen patients per group were eligible as study subject and were recruated consecutively. Each subject was observed within 3 day. The study was held in Wahidin Sudiro Husodo Hospital, Mojokerto. The outcome were peripheral oxygen saturation and blood glucose levels. The study showed that low-flow with high fraction of oxygen method take effect on the maintain of intracranial preassure patients with traumatic brain injury oxygenation and energy metabolism thus the brain is able to regulate the complex function of intracranial specifically SpO₂ and blood glucose level (p=0.000). It is the cerebral tissue received adequate blood flow, pressure. Low-flow with high fraction of oxygen method influenced intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury patients.