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Transcranial Doppler (TCD/TCCS) and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities: Parameters of Normality

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Normal values in transcranial Doppler (TCD/TCCS) evaluation have been defined since the description of the technique, and each laboratory has its own reference values for its population; differences are small in general, but current recommendation is that every cerebrovascular laboratory should develop its own table for reference values. We present a review of several reference values developed throughout the world since the seminal work of Aaslid, including our local table for velocities, pulsatility index and depth of the main intracranial arteries.

We explain our method in order to guide other groups to develop local reference values for their population.

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  1. Head Neurointensive Care Unit, Department of Critical Care and Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

    Jorge H. Mejía Mantilla

  2. Hospital Universitario Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

    Pablo F. Amaya

  3. Clinical Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

    Leidy Gaviria Villarreal

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  1. Department of Critical Care, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Camilo N. Rodríguez

  2. Stroke Unit & Neurosonology Lab, University of Padua School of Medicine, Padova, Italy

    Claudio Baracchini

  3. Department of Critical Care and Anesthesiology, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia

    Jorge H. Mejia-Mantilla

  4. Department of Clinical Neurosciences Cambridge Biomedical Campus, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Marek Czosnyka

  5. Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Jose I Suarez

  6. President of Hungarian Neurological Society, Department of Neurology, Clinical Center Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary

    László Csiba

  7. Intensive Care Unit, Clinics Hospital, Universidad de la Republica School of Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Corina Puppo

  8. Center for Neurological Vascular Diagnostics, Munich, Germany

    Eva Bartels

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Mejía Mantilla, J.H., Amaya, P.F., Villarreal, L.G. (2022). Transcranial Doppler (TCD/TCCS) and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities: Parameters of Normality. In: Rodríguez, C.N., et al. Neurosonology in Critical Care . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81419-9_9

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