Dependence of the optic nerve sheath diameter on acutely applied subarachnoidal pressure - An experimental ultrasound study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hansen, Hans Christian ^a   Lagrèze, Wolf ^b   Krueger, Oswald ^c   Helmke, Knut ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

intensive care; intracranial pressure; neuromonitoring; optic nerve sheath; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B SCAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 80052091712     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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