Transcranial Doppler pulsatility index is not a reliable indicator of intracranial pressure in children with severe traumatic brain injury

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-394

  Figaji, Anthony A ^a   Zwane, Eugene ^b   Fieggen, A Graham ^a   Siesjo, Peter ^a,c   Peter, Jonathan C ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion pressure; Children; Intracranial pressure; Transcranial Doppler; Traumatic brain injury pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSATILITY INDEX; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 69549119977     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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