"In many centers, both groups of patients are routinely monitored with transcranial Dopplers over the first couple of weeks or so, which is when the peak period of vasospasm develops," Dr. Goldstein said. "Showing that monitoring leads to interventions that then change outcome, that’s not so straightforward."
The study was supported in part by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. Dr. Razumovsky and two of his coauthors reported financial remuneration from private practice.