Is transcranial Doppler sonography useful in detecting late cerebral ischaemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Ekelund, A ^a   Saveland H ^a   Romner, B ^a   Brandt, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delayed ischaemic deficit; Haemodilution; Hypervolaemia; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLOID; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0029933483     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/bjn.10.1.19     Document Type: Article

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