Transorbital Ultrasonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Brain Death

TOPÇUOĞLU M. A., ARSAVA E. M., Bas D. F., Kozak H. H.

JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING, vol.25, no.6, pp.906-909, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jon.12233
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.906-909
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

BACKGROUNDUltrasonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) can successfully be used to estimate intracranial pressure (ICP) elevation. Its utility in corroboration of brain death (BD) was herein studied.