title: The role of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) is a tool employed by the neurosurgeon and neurointensivist in the management of vasospasm in the intensive care unit after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A review of the current indications, monitoring parameters, indices, and relevance of modern TCD technology is provided, as well as algorithms for the use of TCD ultrasonography in the management of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Other current uses of TCD ultrasonography are also discussed in the setting of neurocritical care.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Departments of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer 8-140, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. scott.marshall@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nyquist
authors.forename: Wendy C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Ziai
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy