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Transcranial Doppler and anesthetics
Author(s) -
Fodale V.,
Schifilliti D.,
Conti A.,
Lucanto T.,
Pino G.,
Santamaria L. B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01355.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthetic , transcranial doppler , anesthesia , hemodynamics , cerebral blood flow , neurosurgery , cardiology , surgery
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is widely used to investigate the effects of anesthetic drugs on cerebral blood flow. Its repeatability and non‐invasivity makes it an ideal, first choice method. Anesthesia providers are required to be conscious of the cerebral hemodynamic effects of drugs given in their practice, especially in neurosurgery and in subjects with impaired brain functions. The purpose of this review is to present the basic concepts of the TCD technique and the effects on cerebral hemodynamics of the most popular anesthetic drugs evaluated using TCD ultrasonography.