A rapid noninvasive method of detecting elevated intracranial pressure using bedside ocular ultrasound: Application to 3 cases of head trauma in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-98

  Tsung, James W ^a,c   Blaivas, Michael ^b   Cooper, Arthur ^a   Levick, Nadine R ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated intracranial pressure; Emergency ultrasonography; Ocular ultrasound; Optic nerve sheath diameter; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYMPTOM;

CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PEDIATRICS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844252054     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000159052.64930.64     Document Type: Article

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