This article addresses the rationale for the clinical measurement of cerebral blood flow
(CBF) in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU). The techniques that are currently …

Although many critically ill patients suffer from neurological problems, their management
does not routinely require monitoring of cerebral circulation. Nevertheless, assessment of …

Until recently, monitoring of cerebral blood flow and metabolism was an unattained goal.
Determination of cerebral blood flow was limited to intermittent measurements and …

For optimal therapy of patients with brain injury, a thorough knowledge of the underlying
cerebral blood flow (CBF) physiology is essential. This chapter reviews the relationship …

Objective: To test the practicability of a new double indicator dilution method for bedside
monitoring of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and to assess the clinical value of CBF monitoring …

Cerebral physiologic monitoring techniques can be categorized into those measuring
perfusion, metabolism, and function. The physiologic basis for each of these is outlined, with …

The brain relies on adequate delivery of O 2 and glucose to maintain oxidative glycolysis
and so provide energy [36]. With a reduction in O 2 delivery, compensatory mechanisms …

Background. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) volume can be measured at bedside by color
duplex flowmetry of the extracranial cerebral arteries. In neurointensive care patients, we …

Care directed by data instead of “our best educated guess” has always been the goal of
treating physicians, especially for patients in the intensive care unit. Undoubtedly patient …

Conventional management of patients following acute brain injury includes a 'primary goal'of
maintenance of an adequate cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP)[1, 2]. This is the pressure …