Reversing Cerebral Oxygen Desaturations Greater That 10% of Baseline Values Using NIRS in the ICU

NIRS cerebral oximetry will be used to guide the use of an algorithm based on the modification of previously defined important physiologic variables will be initiated to reverse the desaturation (beginning when the saturation drops at least 10% from the baseline) that occur in the ICU

NIRS sensors will be placed the forehead of the patient but NIRS derived data will be blinded to the ICU caregivers