Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound and the Diagnosis of

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Mar 2016

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Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound and the Diagnosis of Increased Intracranial Pressure.

Ultrasound has been used for almost 30 years in a wide variety of clinical applications and environments. From the austerity of battlefields to the labor and delivery ward, ultrasound has the ability to give clinicians real-time, noninvasive diagnostic imaging. Ultrasound by emergency physicians (and all nonradiologists) has become more prevalent and has been used for examinations such as the transcranial Doppler to evaluate for stroke, cardiac function, FAST and EFAST examinations for trauma, and now increased intracranial pressure (ICP) via Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound (ONSD). The ONSD is a valid and reliable indicator of ICP.

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- Christopher Hylkema.
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: christopher.hylkema@jefferson.edu.
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2016 Mar 1; 28 (1): 95-9.
AbstractUltrasound has been used for almost 30 years in a wide variety of clinical applications and environments. From the austerity of battlefields to the labor and delivery ward, ultrasound has the ability to give clinicians real-time, noninvasive diagnostic imaging. Ultrasound by emergency physicians (and all nonradiologists) has become more prevalent and has been used for examinations such as the transcranial Doppler to evaluate for stroke, cardiac function, FAST and EFAST examinations for trauma, and now increased intracranial pressure (ICP) via Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound (ONSD). The ONSD is a valid and reliable indicator of ICP. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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