Ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in patients with a clinical suspicion of raised intracranial pressure

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 679-681

  Major, Robert ^a   Girling, Simon ^a   Boyle, Adrian ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL HEMORRHAGE; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959839143     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.087353     Document Type: Article

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