title: Brazilian guidelines for the application of transcranial ultrasound as a diagnostic test for the confirmation of brain death.
abstract: Neurosonological studies, specifically transcranial Doppler (TCD) and transcranial color-coded duplex (TCCD), have high level of specificity and sensitivity and they are used as complementary tests for the diagnosis of brain death (BD). A group of experts, from the Neurosonology Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, created a task force to determine the criteria for the following aspects of diagnosing BD in Brazil: the reliability of TCD methodology; the reliability of TCCD methodology; neurosonology training and skills; the diagnosis of encephalic circulatory arrest; and exam documentation for BD. The results of this meeting are presented in the current paper.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. lange@ufpr.br
authors.forename: Marcos C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: Viviane H F
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Zétola
authors.forename: Maramélia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miranda-Alves
authors.forename: Carla H C
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: Carlos E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Silvado
authors.forename: Daniela L G
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Edilene Guiotti di
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Gregorio
authors.forename: Gisele S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jamary
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oliveira-Filho
authors.forename: Marco T A
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Perdatella
authors.forename: Octávio M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Pontes-Neto
authors.forename: Soraia R C
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Fábio
authors.forename: Wagner M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Avelar
authors.forename: Gabriel R de
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001938:Brazil; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*