Transcranial doppler assessment of cerebral perfusion in critically ill septic patients: A pilot study

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Pierrakos, Charalampos ^a   Antoine, Aurélie ^a   Velissaris, Dimitrios ^b   Michaux, Isabelle ^a   Bulpa, Pierre ^a   Evrard, Patrick ^a   Ossemann, Michel ^a   Dive, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cerebral microcirculation; Cerebral vasoconstriction; Encephalopathy; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

EID: 84887150243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-28     Document Type: Article

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