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Transcranial Doppler sonographic monitoring in the intensive care unit
V L Babikian1, V Pochay, D E Burdette
1Departments of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02130.
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
|December 10, 1990
Abstract:
Transcranial Doppler sonography noninvasively measures flow velocities within the basal cerebral arteries. It has been used for the management of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as in the determination of brain death. Its role and technical limitations in the intensive care unit are reviewed.
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