title: Vasospasm Surveillance With Transcranial Doppler Sonography in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
abstract: The use of transcranial Doppler monitoring for the diagnosis of vasospasm in subarachnoid hemorrhage is backed by national guidelines. However, it remains poorly used across neurologic intensive care units in the United States. This current practice article uses 2 clinical vignettes to illustrate the simplicity and logic behind routine daily surveillance of vasospasm with transcranial Doppler sonography in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, in preference to other modalities.
authors.affiliation: Neurovascular Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama USA (G.K.); and Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee USA (A.V.A.). kumarg@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Gyanendra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Neurovascular Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama USA (G.K.); and Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee USA (A.V.A.).
authors.forename: Andrei V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064926:Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods*; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: neurosonology; subarachnoid hemorrhage; transcranial Doppler sonography; vasospasm