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02 Feb 2022 TCD guidelines for assessment of Brain Death in regard of organ transplantations

Posted at 15:00h in Brain Death

Brain Death diagnosis has become an important topic of ethical discussion about organ donation. TCD for instrumental diagnosis of brain death is considered as an additional matter of safety. Brain death is not confirmed as long as TCD or EEG confirm brain death instrumentally...

19 Jan 2022 Emboli detection and differentiation for stroke risk evaluation

Posted at 15:00h in Cardiovascular Surgery, Emboli Detection, Emboli Differentiation

Because of missing collateralisation beyond the Circle of Willis, occlusions of cerebral arteries result in hypoperfusion or according to size and localisation of the embolus in stroke. Emboli detection is an adequate technical method to narrow the probability of embolic aetiology of stroke....

13 Jan 2022 Monitoring of cerebral autoregulation in Anaesthesiology

Posted at 15:00h in Anaesthesiology, Autoregulation (VMR), Emboli Detection, Intensive Care

Monitoring of sufficient brain perfusion is an essential part of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine. Transcranial Doppler Sonography is a non-invasive method, which provides real-time information about the cerebral haemodynamical situation, for instance...

10 Jan 2022 Persistent Foramen Ovale (PFO) diagnostic

Posted at 15:15h in Emboli Detection, Right-Left-Shunt, Stroke

Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) causing Right to Left Shunt (RLS) can be detected by TCD PFO-Test. RLS are direct connections between right (pulmonary) and left (systemic) circulation. By this connection blood can cross to the other circulation without passing pulmonary capillaries....

03 Jan 2022 Detection of Vasospasms to avoid Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (SAH)

Posted at 15:00h in Intensive Care, Vasospasm

Regular measurement of blood flow velocities (BFV) using ultrasound allows to draw conclusions on vascular luminal changes, which is inversely proportional to the BFV and can be frequently repeated bedside since it does not require invasive techniques....