Background: Pre-eclampsia is a major cause of maternal and perinatal death. Parameters derived from the Doppler waveform in different vascular beds have been studied as possible predictors of pre-eclampsia. Objectives: To assess whether second –trimester changes in transcranial Doppler parameters of normotensive pregnant woman are associated with the subsequent development of pre-eclampsia. Sea...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral embolism from extracranial sources is an important cause of ischemic stroke. The purpose of this limited study using long-term transcranial Doppler ultrasonographic monitoring was to estimate the frequency of clinically silent intracranial embolisms in patients with symptomatic extracranial carotid artery disease. SUMMARY OF REPORT By means of a 2-MHz pulsed-wa...

Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is widely used to investigate the effects of anesthetic drugs on cerebral blood flow. Its repeatability and non-invasivity makes it an ideal, first choice method. Anesthesia providers are required to be conscious of the cerebral hemodynamic effects of drugs given in their practice, especially in neurosurgery and in subjects with impaired brain functions. The purpose o...

Transcranial Doppler ultrasound allows measurements of blood flow velocity to be made from the basal intracerebral vessels. The major advantages of transcranial Doppler ultrasound are that it is non-invasive, relatively cheap, can be performed with portable machines, allows monitoring for prolonged periods, and has a high temporal resolution making it ideal for studying dynamic cerebrovascular ...