Management of Cerebral Vascular Spasm in Posttraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Using Combination Therapy
Oral Nimodipine, Milrinone, Vascular Spasm After Traumatic Subarachnoidhaemorrhage
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Oral Nimodipine focused on measuring milrinone Oral Nimodipine
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients admitted to our surgical ICU
- aged between (18-60) years old
- World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grades 1-3 Grades
Exclusion Criteria:
- Aneurysmal SAH
- SAH with Fisher Grade I and IV,
- World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade IV & V
- No informed consent,
- peripheral vascular disease
- Cardiac disease (heart block, severe valvular stenosis, cardiomyopathothy , ejection fraction<40%), Renal impairment (serum creatinine ≥ 1.4 mg.L-1), Hemodynamic instability
Sites / Locations
- Aculty of Medicine,Zagazig University
- Faculty of Medicine,Zagazig University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
triple H group
Milrinone group
The patients will receive nimodipine (60 mg/4 hours) orally or via nasogastric tube from the first day of admission, then after the diagnosis of vasospasm is confirmed, Triple H therapy (hypertension, hypervolemia and hemodilution) will be started. norepnnephrine (0.01-0.2ug/kg/min) to mentain main arterial blood pressure >100mmhg and hypervolemia to maintain the CVP around 12---14 mmHg and hemodilution to maintain the haematocrit between 30% and 33%.
The patients will receive oral Nimodipine (60 mg/4) will be given orally or in the gastric tube also from the first day of admission, then after the diagnosis of vasospasm is confirmed, start milrinone bolus of 0.1-0.2 mg/kg followed by 0.75mcg/k/min, if no response after 30min increase the infusion to 1-25mcg/kg/min with maintaining CVP 5:8. Norepinephrine (0.01-0.2ug/kg/min) is used only to restore the mean arterial pressure (MAP) to its previous values If there was no recurrence of symptoms after 72 h, we decreased the milrinone infusion by 0.25 mcg/kg/min every 24 or 48 h until discontinuation. If there are any recurrent of symptoms of vasospasm, the patients are placed back on the dose they were previously receiving. If required, another Milrinone bolus is administered if the patient's deficits do not revert12.