Transorbital Sonographic Monitoring of Optic Nerve Diameter in Patients With Severe Brain Injury

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3700-3706

  Karakitsos, D ^a   Soldatos, T ^a   Gouliamos, A ^b   Armaganidis, A ^b   Poularas, J ^a   Kalogeromitros, A ^a   Boletis, J ^c   Kostakis, A ^c   Karabinis, A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; APACHE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845433277     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.185     Document Type: Article

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