TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasound in the Neurocritical Care Unit
AU - Kalanuria, Atul
AU - Nyquist, Paul A.
AU - Armonda, Rocco A.
AU - Razumovsky, Alexander
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is a portable device that uses a handheld 2-MHz transducer. It is most commonly used in subarachnoid hemorrhage where cerebral blood flow velocities in major intracranial blood vessels are measured to detect vasospasm in the first 2 to 3 weeks. TCD is used to detect vasospasm in traumatic brain injury and post-tumor resection, measurement of cerebral autoregulation and cerebrovascular reactivity, diagnosis of acute arterial occlusions in stroke, screening for patent foramen ovale and monitoring of emboli. It can be used to detect abnormally high intracranial pressure and for confirmation of total cerebral circulatory arrest in brain death.
AB - Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is a portable device that uses a handheld 2-MHz transducer. It is most commonly used in subarachnoid hemorrhage where cerebral blood flow velocities in major intracranial blood vessels are measured to detect vasospasm in the first 2 to 3 weeks. TCD is used to detect vasospasm in traumatic brain injury and post-tumor resection, measurement of cerebral autoregulation and cerebrovascular reactivity, diagnosis of acute arterial occlusions in stroke, screening for patent foramen ovale and monitoring of emboli. It can be used to detect abnormally high intracranial pressure and for confirmation of total cerebral circulatory arrest in brain death.
KW - Intracranial hypertension
KW - Neurocritical care unit
KW - Stroke
KW - Transcranial Doppler
KW - Vasospasm
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nec.2013.02.005
DO - 10.1016/j.nec.2013.02.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23809037
AN - SCOPUS:84879787801
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 24
SP - 441
EP - 456
JO - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -