Continuous bedside cerebral blood flow monitoring.
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.
Lucke
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University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
Kerr
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ME
Chovanes
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GI
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D012016:Reference Values