Post-cardiac Arrest Care: Usefulness of Transcranial Doppler (TCD/TCCS) in Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring After Resuscitation

Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. The prognosis of patients that survive to intensive care unit admission largely depends on the severity of the neurological injury. Prevention of secondary brain injury is the mainstay of treatment in the intensive care unit. This chapter describes the temporal course of the cerebral perfusion and autoregulation of post-cardiac arrest patients during treatment in the intensive care unit. Knowledge of the cerebral pathophysiological processes after cardiac arrest is essential for adequate treatment of these patients.