Neurol. praxi. 2017;18(4):244-247 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2017.093

Diagnosing brain death using transcranial Doppler and transcranial duplex sonography

prof. MUDr. David Školoudík, Ph.D., FESO
Centrum vědy a výzkumu, Fakulta zdravotnických věd, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

In 2014, transcranial Doppler (TCD) / colour-coded duplex sonography (TCCS) was included among auxiliary methods for detectingcerebral circulatory arrest when determining brain death in the Czech Republic. The mainstay of diagnosing cerebral circulatoryarrest is the evaluation of haemodynamic parameters in the intracranial arteries, i.e. flow direction, flow velocities, and pulsatilityand/or resistance indexes. The article describes the methodology for detection of cerebral circulatory arrest using TCD and TCCSwhich is based on the methodology of the Neurosonological Committee of the Czech Neurological Society of the Czech MedicalAssociation of Jan Evangelista Purkyně.

Keywords: sonography, transcranial Doppler, brain death, intracranial hypertension

Published: October 1, 2017  Show citation

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Školoudík D. Diagnosing brain death using transcranial Doppler and transcranial duplex sonography. Neurol. praxi. 2017;18(4):244-247. doi: 10.36290/neu.2017.093.
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