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cerebral perfusion pressure

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cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP),
a parameter that is related to the amount of blood flow to the brain. It is calculated by subtracting the intracranial pressure from the mean systemic arterial blood pressure.


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Phenylephrine infusion at the rate of 300 [micro]g/min and crystalloids were required to increase the mean arterial pressure and maintain cerebral perfusion pressure at greater than 70 mm Hg.
 
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