Can intraocular pressure measurements be used to screen for elevated intracranial pressure in emergency department patients?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 532-537

  Muchnok, Tim ^a   Deitch, Ken ^a   Giraldo, Patricia ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lumbar puncture; neurology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 84866105947     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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