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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Day 2 data of Transcranial Doppler measurements for the two groups of patients

From: Transcranial doppler assessment of cerebral perfusion in critically ill septic patients: a pilot study

 

Sepsis group

Control Group

p values

VMCA systolic (cm/sec)

195 ± 15

179 ± 12

0.44

VMCA diastolic (cm/sec)

68 ± 6

74 ± 5

0.53

VMCA mean (cm/sec)

112 ± 8

108 ± 7

0.71

Pulsatility Index (PI)

1.16 ± 0.06

0.96 ± 0.03

0.01

Resistance index (RI)

0.65 ± 0.01

0.58 ± 0.01

0.01

CBFi

498 ± 120

576 ± 104

0.05

  1. VMCA, velocity in middle cerebral artery; CBFi, cerebral blood flow index.
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