Optic nerve ultrasound for detection of intracranial hypertension in intracranial hemorrhage patients: Confirmation of previous findings in a different patient population

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-20

  Moretti, Riccardo ^a,b   Pizzi, Barbara ^a  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optic nerve sheath diameter; Raised intracranial pressure; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VALIDATION STUDY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 61849116841     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e318185996a     Document Type: Article

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