Cerebral Oximetry for Detecting High-mortality Risk Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis.

John W DiehlKatherine H HullsiekMichael OkirwothNicole StephensMahsa AbassiJoshua RheinDavid B MeyaDavid R BoulwareAbdu Kisekka Musubirenull null

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2018)

Individuals with cryptococcal meningitis and low cerebral oximetry (rSO2 < 30%) have high mortality. Cerebral oximetry may be useful as a prognostic marker of mortality. Targeted interventions to improve rSO2 should be tested in trials to try to decrease mortality in meningitis.

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