Open AccessA Prospective Study of Optic Nerve Ultrasound for the Detection of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Author(s) -
Deepak Agrawal,
Krishnan Raghavendran,
Lili Zhao,
Venkatakrishna Rajajee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004689
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , optic nerve , intracranial pressure , prospective cohort study , ultrasound , anesthesia , ophthalmology , radiology , psychiatry
Intracranial pressure monitoring plays a critical role in the management of severe traumatic brain injury. Our objective was to evaluate the accuracy of optic nerve sheath diameter as a noninvasive screening test for the detection of elevated intracranial pressure and prediction of intracranial pressure treatment intensity.