Role of transcranial Doppler monitoring in the diagnosis of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1237-1248

  Vora, Yashail Y ^b   Suarez Almazor, Maria ^b   Steinke, David E ^b   Martin, Michael L ^b   Findlay, J Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Diagnosis; Likelihood ratio; Predictive value of tests; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler ultra sonography; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032977531     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199906000-00039     Document Type: Article

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