Lumbar drainage affects transcranial Doppler pulsatility and waveforms in the presence of elevated intracranial pressure

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 407-409

  Togay Isikay, Canan ^a,c   Kim, J Y ^b   Meads, D ^b   Tegeler, C ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ankara Oniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Tibbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intracranial pressure; Lumbar drainage; Pulsatility index; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 17144420821     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00948.x     Document Type: Letter

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