Prioritization of Cerebral Deoxygenation in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Mortality Benefit.

patients were assigned into active treatment (intervention) or usual care (control) groups with cerebral oximetry monitoring using NIRS bilaterally (Root; Prime Medical Corporation, MASIMO, USA) \[17\]. After cleansing the adjacent skin area with alcohol, an adhesive optode pad was placed over each frontal to temporal area. Resting baseline rSO2 values were obtained after waiting at least 1 minute after the placement of the sensors.