Quantitative pupillometry for the monitoring of intracranial hypertension in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

Fritz-Patrick JahnsJohn Paul MirozMahmoud MessererRoy T DanielFabio Silvio TacconePhilippe EckertMauro Oddo

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2019)

In a selected cohort of severe TBI patients with abnormal head CT lesions and predominantly focal cerebral injury, elevated ICP episodes correlated with a concomitant decrease of NPi. Sustained abnormal NPi was in turn associated with a more complicated ICP course and worse outcome.

Keyphrases

severe traumatic brain injury
traumatic brain injury
optic nerve
blood pressure

computed tomography
subarachnoid hemorrhage
image quality
early onset

dual energy
fluorescent probe
living cells
sensitive detection

positron emission tomography
african american
drug induced
cerebral ischemia