Optic nerve sheath diameter in children with acute liver failure: A prospective observational pilot study.

Mridul C DasAnshu SrivastavaRajanikant K YadavSurender Kumar Yachha Ujjal Poddar

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2019)

ONSD can be safely and easily measured in ALF children and correlates with HE grade, INR and BA. Normal ONSD in children (>4 years) is <4.5 mm and value of >5.1 mm in ALF requires urgent attention.

Keyphrases

optic nerve
liver failure
young adults
hepatitis b virus
optical coherence tomography
working memory