Sam Bader

About Sam Bader

My Name is Sam Er Bader, graduated from medical school in Monastir 2009. Finished my residency in general surgery at Örebro university hospital in Sweden 2002. Since then I’m working at acute and trauma department at Örebro university hospital. I’ve been accepted to doctoral studies in Medical Science with a specialisation in Surgical Sciences at Örebro University since 2019. I speak Swedish, English, French, Arabic and Hebrew

Presentation of my Phd research project.

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of Aorta REBOA has been identified as an alternative for aorta cross clamping and thoracotomy in acute life-threatening bleeding. The indication for REBOA still under development. Descending aorta occlusion by REBOA may increase the blood pressure in the carotid arteries to supra physiological levels, that may increase the intracranial pressure (ICP), causing an alteration of cerebral autoregulation, hemodynamics and cerebral metabolism. The existence of brain injury with elevated ICP prior REBOA application can worsen the scenario.

The purpose of our research at Örebro university, in collaboration with Umeå University, is to fill the knowledge gab about the effect of REBOA on the intact and injured brain on animals with hemorrhagic shock, by studying the changes in ICP, cerebral blood flow (CBF) and brain metabolism measured with microdialysis (glucose, lactate, pyruvate). It may be that REBOA is harmful to the brain, especially if there is concomitant increased intracranial pressure.