Cerebral hemodynamic changes gauged by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in patients with posttraumatic brain swelling treated by surgical decompression

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Bor Seng Shu, Edson ^a,b   Hirsch, Roberto ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a   De Andrade, Almir Ferreira ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain swelling; Cerebral hemodynamics; Decompressive craniectomy; Head injury; Intracranial hypertension; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SWELLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33644549985     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.1.93     Document Type: Article

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