Acute Brain Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Adults, Frontal bone window, Transcranial doppler
Brief summary
Transcranial doppler (TCD) is an established tool for monitoring flows in intracranial cerebral arteries. Its use is recommanded in the last guidelines on traumatic brain injury. The temporal bone window (TBW) is limited in evaluating flow in the anterior cerebral arteries (ACA) because of an unfavorable insonation angle. Thereby TCD could be unfit to detect a segmental lesion on the anterior cerebral arteries (ACA). The frontal bone window (FBW) is a promising approach in evaluating flows in the ACA. However, the utility of the FBW for patients with acute brain injury (ABI) in ICU has not been yet determined. The goal of the present study is to determine the rate of detection of the ACA by using the FBW in patients with ABI in ICU.
Interventions
OTHERTranscranial doppler examination
Assessment of frontal bone window for transcranial doppler
Sponsors
University Hospital, Montpellier
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Membership in a health insurance scheme * Patients with an acute cerebral pathology * Hospitalized patients in a supportive care unit of Montpellier University Hospital * Be able to benefit from transcranial doppler within 3 days of admission
Exclusion criteria
* Clinical suspicion of encephalic death * Known allergy to ultrasound gel
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| measures of ACA flow velocities threw the frontal bone window | up to 72 hours |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed