Dilated optic nerve sheath by ultrasound predicts mortality among patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage.
Francisco Antunes DiasMaria Clara Zanon ZotinFrederico Fernandes Alessio AlvesRui Kleber do Vale Martins FilhoClara Monteiro Antunes BarreiraOtavio Costa VincenziPaula Muñoz VenturelliGregoire BoulouisJoshua Norkin GoldsteinOctavio Marques Pontes NetoPublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2023)
Optic nerve ultrasound is a noninvasive, bedside, low-cost technique that can be used to identify increased ICP in acute supratentorial primary ICH patients. Among these patients, dilated ONSD is an independent predictor of mortality at 90 days.