TY - JOUR
T1 - A rapid noninvasive method of detecting elevated intracranial pressure using bedside ocular ultrasound
T2 - Application to 3 cases of head trauma in the pediatric emergency department
AU - Tsung, James W.
AU - Blaivas, Michael
AU - Cooper, Arthur
AU - Levick, Nadine R.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - Managing pediatric head trauma with elevated intracranial pressure in the acute setting can be challenging. Bedside ocular ultrasound for measuring optic nerve sheath diameters has been recently proposed as a portable noninvasive method to rapidly detect increased intracranial pressure in emergency department patients with head trauma. Prior study data agree that the upper limit of normal optic nerve sheath diameters is 5.0 mm in adults, 4.5 mm in children aged 1 to 15, and 4.0 mm in infants up to 1 year of age. We report the application of this technique to 3 cases of head trauma in the pediatric emergency department.
AB - Managing pediatric head trauma with elevated intracranial pressure in the acute setting can be challenging. Bedside ocular ultrasound for measuring optic nerve sheath diameters has been recently proposed as a portable noninvasive method to rapidly detect increased intracranial pressure in emergency department patients with head trauma. Prior study data agree that the upper limit of normal optic nerve sheath diameters is 5.0 mm in adults, 4.5 mm in children aged 1 to 15, and 4.0 mm in infants up to 1 year of age. We report the application of this technique to 3 cases of head trauma in the pediatric emergency department.
KW - Elevated intracranial pressure
KW - Emergency ultrasonography
KW - Ocular ultrasound
KW - Optic nerve sheath diameter
KW - Traumatic brain injury
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/13844252054
U2 - 10.1097/01.pec.0000159052.64930.64
DO - 10.1097/01.pec.0000159052.64930.64
M3 - Article
C2 - 15699817
AN - SCOPUS:13844252054
SN - 0749-5161
VL - 21
SP - 94
EP - 98
JO - Pediatric Emergency Care
JF - Pediatric Emergency Care
IS - 2
ER -