Procedural and diagnostic vascular ultrasound applications are essential in the intensive care unit (ICU). This chapter presents a synopsis of arterial disorders, whereas evaluation of venous thrombosis and ultrasound-guided vascular procedures are presented in Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11,…
Overview Multipurpose ultrasound systems offer a variety of eye and orbit imaging techniques relevant to critical care. Bedside ocular ultrasound can be used for the following purposes: (1) timely identification of threats to ocular health and vision and prevention of…
Overview The role of transcranial color coded Doppler (TCCD) in neurocritical monitoring has been illustrated in previous chapters. We will here focus on its use as a confirmatory test in the diagnosis of brain death (BD). The concept of death…
Overview In 1982, Aaslid et al authored a paper with the title “Noninvasive transcranial Doppler ultrasound recording of flow velocity in basal cerebral arteries,” describing the successful insonation and blood flow velocity (FV) measurement of the basal cerebral arteries with…
Christian Doppler was born in Salzburg, Austria on November 29, 1803 and lived a short and deprived life, like many scientists of his time. In an 1842 session of the Science Section of the Royal Bohemian Society in Prague, he…