Technique could identify patients at high risk of stroke or brain hemorrhage

Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Early detection would allow physicians to alter treatment and take steps to prevent these complications -- the leading cause of death for patients on ECMO.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/nch...