Pupil examination: Validity and clinical utility of an automated pupillometer

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-40

  Meeker, Michele ^a   Du, Rose ^b   Bacchetti, Peter ^b   Privitera, Claudio M ^c   Larson, Merlin D ^d   Holland, Martin C ^a   Manley, Geoffrey ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Neuroptics Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUPIL REFLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 17844367094     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200502000-00006     Document Type: Article

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