Transcranial Doppler evaluates cerebral hemodynamics in patients with brain injury and is a useful technical tool in diagnosing cerebral circulatory arrest, usually present in the brain-dead patient. This Latin American Consensus was formed by a group of 26 physicians experienced in the use of transcranial Doppler in the context of brain death. The purpose of this agreement was to make recommen...

Abstract Background The additional information that transcranial Doppler can provide as part of a multimodal imaging protocol in many clinical settings has not been evaluated. Main body Transcranial is bedside procedure used to assess cerebral blood flow velocity via circulation and pulsatility index (PI). Many diseases lead vessels vasospasm subarachnoid hemorrhage trauma. Cerebral represented...

Introduction: Arrested hydrocephalus is a state of chronic hydrocephalus with mild dilatation of the ventricles in which the cerebrospinal fluid pressure has returned to normal, and there is no pressure gradient between the cerebral ventricles and brain parenchyma. Case Report: In this case report, we present a 37-year-old female patient who was admitted to emergency department with complaints ...

Anencephaly is an embryological malformation of the central nervous system, invariable lethal, characterized by the absence of the brain and cranial vault and by other defects of the cranial structures. It has no cure but it can be detected during the pregnancy with ultrasonography. We present a rare case of a 15-year-old primipara, with no prenatal care, who delivered at 37 weeks an anencephal...

Multimodality monitoring of cerebral physiology encompasses the application of different monitoring techniques and integration of several measured physiologic and biochemical variables into assessment of brain metabolism, structure, perfusion, and oxygenation status. Novel monitoring techniques include transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, neuroimaging, intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion...