Scholars@Duke
Vani Rao Chilukuri

Vani Rao Chilukuri

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Neurology, Stroke and Vascular Neurology
DUMC 3824, Orange Zone Clinics, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Dept of Neurology Suite 109 Purple Zone, Duke Clinic; Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Primary Sjogren's syndrome presenting as acute cerebellitis.

Journal Article J Clin Neurosci · March 2014 A 64-year-old previously healthy man presented with acute ataxia. He was diagnosed with acute cerebellitis on the basis of clinical features, negative MRI of the head and lymphocytic pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid. A detailed work up for etiology revea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Correlation of early dynamic CT perfusion imaging with whole-brain MR diffusion and perfusion imaging in acute hemispheric stroke.

Journal Article AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · October 2003 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Compared with MR imaging, dynamic CT perfusion imaging covers only a fraction of the whole brain. An important assumption is that CT perfusion abnormalities correlate with total ischemic volume. The purpose of our study was to measu ... Link to item Cite

Cerebral blood flow velocity response to magnesium sulfate in patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Journal Article J Neurosurg Anesthesiol · July 2001 Magnesium sulfate therapy, standard in preventing seizures in preeclampsia, is under active investigation as a neuroprotective agent. The authors studied the effect of magnesium as a cerebral vasodilator by measuring the cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Improving the reliability of stroke subgroup classification using the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria.

Journal Article Stroke · May 2001 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We sought to improve the reliability of the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification of stroke subtype for retrospective use in clinical, health services, and quality of care outcome studies. The TOAST inv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Survival and outcome after endotracheal intubation for acute stroke.

Journal Article Neurology · April 22, 1999 OBJECTIVE: To assess survival and functional outcome in patients endotracheally intubated after ischemic stroke (IS) or spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). BACKGROUND: Endotracheal intubation is both a necessary life support intervention and a meas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Retrospective assessment of initial stroke severity with the Canadian Neurological Scale.

Journal Article Stroke · June 1997 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The severity of the initial neurological deficit is a critical determinant of outcome after acute stroke. Retrospective outcome studies are generally limited by a lack of quantitative data relating to this initial stroke severity. W ... Full text Link to item Cite