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Article: Penn Research Team Tests Bedside Monitoring of Brain Blood Flow and Metabolism in Stroke Victims
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- March 2, 2009
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The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news release:
A University of Pennsylvania team has completed the first successful demonstration of a noninvasive optical device to monitor cerebral blood flow in patients with acute stroke, a leading cause of disability and death.
The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the management of patients with stroke and other brain disorders by providing continuous bedside monitoring of brain blood flow and metabolism.
"Our preliminary study demonstrates that blood flow changes can be reliably detected from stroke patients and also suggests that blood flow responses vary significantly from patient to patient," lead author Turgut Durduran ...