• Arq Neuropsiquiatr · May 2012

    Guideline

    Brazilian guidelines for the application of transcranial ultrasound as a diagnostic test for the confirmation of brain death.

    • Marcos C Lange, Viviane H F Zétola, Maramélia Miranda-Alves, Carla H C Moro, Carlos E Silvado, Daniela L G Rodrigues, Edilene Guiotti di Gregorio, Gisele S Silva, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Marco T A Perdatella, Octávio M Pontes-Neto, Soraia R C Fábio, Wagner M Avelar, Gabriel R de Freitas, and Task Force Group of the Neurosonology Department, Brazilian Academy of Neurology.
    • Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. lange@ufpr.br
    • Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2012 May 1;70(5):373-80.

    AbstractNeurosonological studies, specifically transcranial Doppler (TCD) and transcranial color-coded duplex (TCCD), have high level of specificity and sensitivity and they are used as complementary tests for the diagnosis of brain death (BD). A group of experts, from the Neurosonology Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, created a task force to determine the criteria for the following aspects of diagnosing BD in Brazil: the reliability of TCD methodology; the reliability of TCCD methodology; neurosonology training and skills; the diagnosis of encephalic circulatory arrest; and exam documentation for BD. The results of this meeting are presented in the current paper.

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