Cerebral perfusion pressure
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Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is the pressure gradient between the systemic blood pressure (MAP) and the the intracranial pressure (ICP) 1. It is expressed by the following equation:
- CPP = MAP - ICP
CPP corresponds to the pressure necessary to pump blood from the aorta into the cranial compartment. It demonstrates also that blood flow and perfusion to the brain depends upon adequate blood pressure.
In normal conditions, the systemic blood pressure is much greater than intracranial pressure resulting in an adequate cerebral cerebral perfusion pressure (> 60 mmHg) 1-2. A decrease in CPP can be a result of:
- a drop in MAP (e.g. systemic hypotension)
- a rise in the ICP
withoutwithout a compensation in the systemic blood pressure (see more onMonro-Kellie hypothesis): intracranial hypertension
-<p><strong>Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) </strong>is the pressure gradient between the systemic blood pressure (MAP) and the <a href="/articles/intracranial-pressure">intracranial pressure (ICP)</a> <sup>1</sup>. It is expressed by the following equation: </p><ul><li>CPP = MAP - ICP</li></ul><p>CPP corresponds to the pressure necessary to pump blood from the <a title="Aorta" href="/articles/aorta">aorta</a> into the cranial compartment. It demonstrates also that blood flow and perfusion to the brain depends upon adequate blood pressure.</p><p>In normal conditions, the systemic blood pressure is much greater than intracranial pressure resulting in an adequate cerebral perfusion pressure (> 60 mmHg) <sup>1-2</sup>. A decrease in CPP can be a result of:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) </strong>is the pressure gradient between the <a title="Blood pressure" href="/articles/blood-pressure">systemic blood pressure (MAP)</a> and the <a href="/articles/intracranial-pressure">intracranial pressure (ICP)</a> <sup>1</sup>. It is expressed by the following equation: </p><ul><li>CPP = MAP - ICP</li></ul><p>CPP corresponds to the pressure necessary to pump blood from the <a href="/articles/aorta">aorta</a> into the cranial compartment. It demonstrates also that blood flow and perfusion to the brain depends upon adequate blood pressure.</p><p>In normal conditions, the systemic blood pressure is much greater than intracranial pressure resulting in an adequate cerebral perfusion pressure (> 60 mmHg) <sup>1-2</sup>. A decrease in CPP can be a result of:</p><ul>
-<li>a rise in the ICP without a compensation in the systemic blood pressure (see more on <a href="/articles/monro-kellie-hypothesis">Monro-Kellie hypothesis</a>): <a href="/articles/intracranial-hypertension">intracranial hypertension</a> </li>- +<li>a rise in the ICP without a compensation in the systemic blood pressure (see more on <a href="/articles/monro-kellie-hypothesis">Monro-Kellie hypothesis</a>): <a href="/articles/intracranial-hypertension">intracranial hypertension</a> </li>