Sonography of the optic nerve sheath diameter for detection of raised intracranial pressure compared to computed tomography: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1285-1294

  Ohle, Robert ^a   McIsaac, Sarah M ^a   Woo, Michael Y ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency ultrasound; Intracranial pressure; Optic nerve sheath; Point of care ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; EYE PROTECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY ULTRASOUNDS; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; POINT OF CARE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84933518292     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.7.1285     Document Type: Review

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