title: Feasibility of cerebral blood flow and oxygenation monitoring by continuous transcranial Doppler combined with cerebral oximetry in a patient with refractory cardiac arrest treated by extracorporeal life support.
abstract: The adequacy of cerebral blood flow and the level of regional oxygen saturation during CPR and early post-resuscitation phases assuring favorable neurological outcome are not known. We demonstrate the feasibility of cerebral blood flow and oxygenation monitoring by a continuous transcranial Doppler combined with cerebral oximetry in a patient with refractory cardiac arrest treated by extracorporeal life support.
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic jbelo@vfn.cz.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belohlavek
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skalicka
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boucek
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kovarnik
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fichtl
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Smid
authors.affiliation: Gerstner Laboratory, Department of Cybernetics, Electrotechnical Faculty, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huptych
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linhart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000379:methods*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods*
keywords: cardiac arrest; cerebral blood flow; cerebral oxygenation; cerebral oxymetry; extracorporeal life support; transcranial Doppler