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Can Transcranial Doppler-derived pulsatility index (PI) noninvasively identify patients with elevated intracranial pressure (CSF-P ≥ 20 cm H2O)?
Can Transcranial Doppler-derived pulsatility index (PI) noninvasively identify patients with elevated intracranial pressure (CSF-P ≥ 20 cm H2O)?
Transcranial Doppler-derived pulsatility index may serve as a noninvasive monitoring tool to identify patients with elevated intracranial pressure.
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TCD PI may aid noninvasive ICP assessment; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
TCD-derived PI could be used to identify patients with CSF-P ≥ 20 cm H2 0 and may play an important role as a monitoring tool.
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Wakerley et al. (2014) studied this question.
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