Cerebral blood flow velocity changes and the value of the pulsatility index post decompressive craniectomy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1052-1054

  Lazaridis, Christos ^a   Desantis, Stacia M ^b   Vandergrift, Alex W ^a   Krishna, Vibhor ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Decompressive craniectomy; Flow velocity; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUCIATE DUROTOMY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84862227543     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.039     Document Type: Article

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