Correlation of optic nerve sheath diameter with direct measurement of intracranial pressure

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Kimberly, Heidi Harbison ^a   Shah, Sachita ^a   Marill, Keith ^a   Noble, Vicki ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial pressure; Optic nerve sheath diameter; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URBAN POPULATION; VENTRICULOSTOMY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39749137119     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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