Emergency Department Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter to Detect Findings of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Adult Head Injury Patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-514

  Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Neulander, Matthew ^a   Norton, H James ^a   Foster, Troy ^a   Saunders, Timothy ^b   Blaivas, Michael ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates ^*  (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33947254493     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.040     Document Type: Article

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