Transcranial doppler after traumatic brain injury: Is there a role?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-160

  Bouzat, Pierre ^a,b,c   Oddo, Mauro ^d   Payen, Jean François ^a,b,c  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cerebral blood flow; intensive care; transcranial Doppler; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROMONITORING; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84896401203     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000071     Document Type: Review

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