Flow is not perfusion, and perfusion is not function: ancillary testing for the diagnosis of brain death

G Plourde, JN Briard, SD Shemie, JJS Shankar… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
… Despite initial design as adjuncts to physical examination, these … cerebral perfusion and
function. Traditionally, four-vessel conventional angiography, transcranial Doppler ultrasound, …

Cerebral blood vessels and perfusion in the pediatric brain death: five cases studied by neuroimaging

Q Wang, T Yu, J Wu, J Liu, H Gao, X Tao, H Luo… - Neuroradiology, 2022 - Springer
… artery to the skull suggesting the stasis of cerebral flow; (3) preserved external … ASL
examination in this study. ASL images demonstrated the irreversible impairment of cerebral

Non-invasive evaluation of brain death caused by traumatic brain injury by ultrasound imaging

N Niu, Y Tang, X Hao, J Wang - Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
preliminary diagnosis of brain death in patients with severe craniocerebral injury. It is helpful
for early evaluation … changes of cerebral perfusion arrest appeared earlier than clinical brain

Non-invasive estimation of cerebral perfusion pressure using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in children with severe traumatic brain injury

NF O'Brien, ME Lovett, M Chung, T Maa - Child's Nervous System, 2020 - Springer
… All participants underwent the initial TCD within 24 h of injury and then daily thereafter through
death or hospital … Continuous TCD monitoring was not available at the time of this study. …

[HTML][HTML] The role of neuroimaging in the determination of brain death

DG Corrêa, SR Souza, PGC Nunes… - Radiologia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
… impedes cerebral circulation and reduces cerebral perfusion … s after initial contrast injection)
to diagnose brain death, using … transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination demonstrating …

Status of Brain Death Diagnosis in Brazil: The Role of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography

MA Barros, IM Kessler - Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
… Utility of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for confirmatory diagnosis of brain death: two
Ultrasonographic cerebral perfusion in assessment of brain death: a preliminary study. J …

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) as an ancillary imaging test for confirmation of brain death in an infant: a case report

P Slak, L Pušnik, D Plut - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
… After the US examination, cerebral perfusion scintigraphy was performed as a widely accepted
ancillary imaging test for brain death confirmation. The perfusion scintigraphy showed no …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic value of perfusion MR imaging as a potential ancillary test for brain death

UM Yildirim - Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The study group was selected based on positive initial clinical tests for … study group as there
was normal cerebral perfusion, although the neurological assessment indicated brain death. …

Exclusive color-coded duplex sonography of extracranial vessels reliably confirms brain death: A prospective study

J Lambeck, C Strecker, WD Niesen… - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… clinically suspected brain death (ie, severe brain damage on … All examinations were performed
>24 h after initial detection … to demonstrate the loss of cerebral perfusion. In the context of …

… and computed tomography perfusion (CTP) in Polish guidelines for determination of cerebral circulatory arrest (CCA) during brain death/death by neurological criteria …

R Bohatyrewicz, J Pastuszka, W Walas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… of cerebral blood flow (CBF) < 10 mL/100 g/min and cerebral … During initial attempts to
implement CTA for CCA diagnosis, … shortened by performing transcranial Doppler ultrasound. *** …