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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-8748</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Neurológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Neurol Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-8748</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Neurología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-87482017000200094</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22379/24224022139</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilidad del dúplex transcraneal en la Neurología: serie de casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Useful of transcranial duplex in neurology: case series.]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bermudez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristian]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Roa W]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camilo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario mederi  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario mederi  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria Cárdio-infantil  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria Cárdio-infantil  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>94</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-87482017000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-87482017000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-87482017000200094&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El ultrasonido es una herramienta ampliamente utilizada en Medicina, en diferentes áreas como ginecología, cirugía y neurología, tiene una gran variedad de indicaciones, tales como: el estudio del vasoespasmo en hemorragia subaracnoidea, cambios de flujo en estenosis intracraneana e incluso evaluar "in vivo" la actividad de algunas medidas terapéuticas. A continuación se presenta una serie de los casos más relevantes recogidos en el Hospital Universitario Mayor que fueron llevados a dúplex transcraneal y sus resultados. De igual manera una breve revisión sobre las patologías más frecuentes que se pueden encontrar mediante este estudio. El dúplex transcraneal ofrece entonces un medio diagnóstico de rápida evaluación que otorga información fehaciente para la toma de decisiones tanto en el servicio de urgencias como en hospitalización, pero se trata de una herramienta con la que se tiene poca experiencia en el país, por lo que estos hallazgos son pioneros y deben complementarse con estudios de mayor peso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[SUMMARY Ultrasound is a tool that is widely used in medicine in different areas such as gynecology or surgery. In neurology, it has a broad variety of indications, related to the study of vasospasm and subarachnoid haemorrhage, besides of flux changes in intracranial stenosis and it helps to evaluate the activity of some therapeutic measures. In this article we present some of the most relevant cases collected in the Hospital Universitario Mayor, wich were taken to a trans cranial duplex and we provide a short revision about most frequent pathologic that can be found through this study. The transcranial duplex offers a diagnose possibility of fast evaluation that takes reliable information to make choices in the emergency room as in the hospitalized. Although this procedure does not have many experience in the country, it is important to mention that these findings turn out to be an innovating solution to a quick diagnose that should be complemented with further information.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fibrilación auricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hemorragia subaracnoidea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trombosis intracraneal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trauma craneoencefálico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ultrasonografía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[(DeCS)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[atrial fibrillation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[craniocerebral trauma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[heart valvular diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intracraneal thrombosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ultrasonography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[(MeSH)]]></kwd>
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