Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 785-791 , June 2009

Bedside Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter as a Predictor of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Children

  • Audrey Le, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Audrey Le, MD, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Emergency Department, 50 North Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN 38104
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  • Mary Ellen Hoehn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN
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  • Mary E. Smith, MPH, RDMS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN
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  • Thomas Spentzas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN
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  • David Schlappy, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN
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  • Jay Pershad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN

Received 29 July 2008 ,Revised 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 25 November 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

 Author contributions: AL and JP conceived the study and designed the trial. AL was responsible for patient recruitment and data management. MEH and MES provided training in ophthalmic sonography and served as independent reviewers of all images. TS assisted with recruiting. DS provided statistical advice and analyzed the data. AL and JP drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. AL takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online January 23, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02067-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 785-791 , June 2009

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