Detection and monitoring of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia: A review and assessment of the literature

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-317

  Washington, Chad W ^a   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cerebral blood flow; Perfusion; Transcranial Doppler; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84855897563     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9594-8     Document Type: Review

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