Bedside Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter as a Predictor of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Children

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 785-791

  Le, Audrey ^a   Hoehn, Mary Ellen ^a   Smith, Mary E ^a   Spentzas, Thomas ^a   Schlappy, David ^a   Pershad, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE SHEATH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 67349202844     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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