Non-invasive methods of estimating intracranial pressure

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 599-608

  Rosenberg, Jamie B ^a   Shiloh, Ariel L ^a   Savel, Richard H ^a   Eisen, Lewis A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intracranial pressure; Near infrared spectroscopy; Optic nerve sheath diameter; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Tympanic membrane displacement; Ultrasound; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

AUDIOLOGY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE SHEATH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPILLOMETRY; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

CRITICAL CARE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPTIC NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84856253201     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9545-4     Document Type: Review

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