Noninvasive estimation of raised intracranial pressure using ocular ultrasonography in liver transplant recipients with acute liver failure - A report of two cases

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 451-455

  Kim, Young Kug ^a   Seo, Hyungseok ^a   Yu, Jihion ^a   Hwang, Gyu Sam ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intracranial pressure; Liver transplantation; Ocular ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN; VECURONIUM;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; OPTIC NERVE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

EID: 84878465510     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2013.64.5.451     Document Type: Article

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