Detection of raised intracranial pressure by ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in African children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1400-1404

  Beare, Nicholas A V ^a   Kampondeni, Sam ^b   Glover, Simon J ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^c   Taylor, Terrie E ^b,d   Harding, Simon P ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Intracranial hypertension; Optic nerve; Papilloedema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALAWI; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56049092044     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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