TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography in Pre-hospital Management of Stroke
T2 - Can it make a Difference?
AU - Siniscalchi, Antonio
AU - Malferrari, Giovanni
AU - Lochner, Piergiorgio
AU - Sanguigni, Sandro
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of this paper is to discuss the use of transcranial doppler in the pre-hospital management of stroke. In the pre-hospital organization, neurological defect scales are used, but they are often indicative of the occlusions of anterior circulation and not of the posterior circulation. Patients with posterior circulation stroke are sometimes not diagnosed and clinically treated. In the pre-hospital phase, the transcranial doppler may identify an occlusion of the large cerebral vessels and be useful for stroke patients, in particular those with posterior occlusions, for a more precise diagnosis and consequently for adequate treatment in the excellence centers for stroke.
AB - The aim of this paper is to discuss the use of transcranial doppler in the pre-hospital management of stroke. In the pre-hospital organization, neurological defect scales are used, but they are often indicative of the occlusions of anterior circulation and not of the posterior circulation. Patients with posterior circulation stroke are sometimes not diagnosed and clinically treated. In the pre-hospital phase, the transcranial doppler may identify an occlusion of the large cerebral vessels and be useful for stroke patients, in particular those with posterior occlusions, for a more precise diagnosis and consequently for adequate treatment in the excellence centers for stroke.
KW - Acute ischemic stroke
KW - anterior circulation
KW - large cerebral vessels
KW - posterior circulation
KW - transcranial duplex with color code.
KW - transcranial doppler
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U2 - 10.2174/1573405617666210218094002
DO - 10.2174/1573405617666210218094002
M3 - Article
C2 - 33602098
AN - SCOPUS:85107963781
VL - 17
SP - 850
EP - 853
JO - Current Medical Imaging
JF - Current Medical Imaging
SN - 1573-4021
IS - 7
ER -