Optic nerve sonography in the diagnostic evaluation of adult brain injury

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Authors

Theodoros Soldatos · University General Hospital Attikon

Dimitrios Karakitsos · General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas

Katerina Chatzimichail · University General Hospital Attikon

Matilda Papathanasiou · University General Hospital Attikon

Athanasios Gouliamos · University General Hospital Attikon

Andreas Karabinis · General Hospital of Attica

Abstract

ONSD measurements correlate with noninvasive and invasive measurements of the ICP, and with head computed tomography scan findings in brain-injured adults. Hence, optic nerve sonography may serve as an additional diagnostic tool that could alert clinicians to the presence of elevated ICP, whenever invasive ICP evaluation is contraindicated and/or is not available. This trial is International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number registered (ISRCTN 91941687).

Topics & Keywords

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Critical Care

Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. R67-R67

DOI: 10.1186/cc6897

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