Intensive Care Archive - The World of TCD Clinical Applications

18 Feb. 2025 Intracranial B Waves

Posted at 13:43h in Autoregulation (VMR), Dementia, Intensive Care, Neurosurgery, News, Trends in Neurosonology

Intracranial B waves, detected using transcranial Doppler, show rhythmic fluctuations in cerebral blood flow and pressure, suggesting a role in cerebrospinal fluid movement and brain waste clearance. This insight could be crucial for understanding brain dynamics and enhancing treatment strategies for conditions like brain injury...

07 März 2024 TCD Clinical Indications

Posted at 16:10h in Brain Death, Cardiovascular Surgery, Carotid Stenosis, Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Right-Left-Shunt, Sickle Cell Anemia, Stroke

TCD provides noninvasive monitoring in diverse clinical situations, offering real-time physiological data without increasing patient risks or costs. ...

02 Nov. 2023 SARS-CoV-2 – update 2023

Posted at 12:31h in Carotid Stenosis, COVID-19, Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

If the coronavirus causes vascular inflammation (vasculitis), the inflammatory reaction leads to vascular narrowing with relevant cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) changes. An intracranial routine examination can assist in diagnosis of vasculitis by following proximal cerebral vascular abnormalities. ...

10 Juli 2023 Doppler and Duplex

Posted at 12:30h in Brain Death, Carotid Stenosis, Intensive Care, News, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

Transcranial Doppler Sonography (TCD) and Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography (TCCD) are complementary diagnostic methods. The diagnosis of stenoses can be made with conventional TCD with the help of higher sensitivity in the velocity measurement....

08 Mai 2023 POCUS – in Pediatric

Posted at 15:21h in Intensive Care, News, Pediatric

The authors in this study point out the portability and flexibility of TCD as predestined for bed-side applications and thus meeting the concept of POCUS. Moreover, the authors also highlight the fact that TCD may be more useful in daily practice for identification of a...