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K T Lucke1, M E Kerr, G I Chovanes
1University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
Abstract:
Continuous cerebral blood flow monitors are being used in critically ill neuroscience patients to assess blood flow in vulnerable regions of the brain and to evaluate the effects of treatments on these areas. Neuroscience nurses need to interpret cerebral blood flow values in relation to the many other physiologic parameters which are monitored in this population. Case studies are used to illustrate various patterns of regional blood flow in response to brain insults and therapeutics. Research implications of continuous cerebral blood flow monitoring are explored.
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