Interrater reliability in pupillary measurement Category: Critical Care Witting MD, Goyal D., Interrater reliability in pupillary measurement., Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Jun;41(6):832-7. STUDY OBJECTIVE: A previous report documented ranges of normal pupil size on the basis of measurements by the principal investigator. In this report, we examine interrater reliability of...
Pupil examination: validity and clinical utility of an automated pupillometer Category: Critical Care Meeker M, Du R, Bacchetti P, Privitera CM, Larson MD, Holland MC, Manley G., Pupil examination: validity and clinical utility of an automated pupillometer., J Neurosci Nurs. 2005 Feb;37(1):34-40. Pupillary size and reactivity have long...
Validity of simple measurement to diagnose pupillary dilation Category: Critical Care Witting MD., Validity of simple measurement to diagnose pupillary dilation., Am J Emerg Med. 2005 Mar;23(2):155-8. Abstract Abstract Study Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the validity of 3 methods of detecting pupillary dilation: bright-light...
Evaluation of the portable infrared pupillometer Category: Critical Care Du R, Meeker M, Bacchetti P, Larson MD, Holland MC, Manley GT., Evaluation of the portable infrared pupillometer., Neurosurgery. 2005 Jul;57(1):198-203; discussion 198-203. There are two different components to the inaccuracies in manual pupillary measurements. One is the interexaminer consistency, and the other is the...
Quantitative pupillometry: normative data in healthy pediatric volunteers Category: Critical Care Boev AN, Fountas KN, Karampelas I, Boev C, Machinis TG, Feltes C, Okosun I, Domopoulos V, Troup C, Quantitative pupillometry: normative data in healthy pediatric volunteers., J Neurosurg. 2005 Dec;103(6 Suppl):496-500. OBJECT: The authors describe the prospective use of a...
Clinical implications of quantitative infrared pupillometry in neurosurgical patients Category: Critical Care Fountas KN, Kapsalaki EZ, Machinis TG, Boev AN, Robinson JS, Troup EC, Clinical implications of quantitative infrared pupillometry in neurosurgical patients., Neurocrit Care. 2006;5(1):55-60. Pupillometry has been widely employed in the evaluation of a large number of pathological...
Gizmos and gadgets for the neuroscience intensive care unit Category: Critical Care Bader MK, Gizmos and gadgets for the neuroscience intensive care unit., J Neurosci Nurs. 2006 Aug;38(4):248-60. Managing the critical neuroscience patient population challenges practitioners because of both the devastating injury involved and the complexity of care required. Emerging...
Infrared pupillometry. Basic principles and their application in the non-invasive monitoring of neurocritical patients Category: Critical Care Martínez-Ricarte F, Castro A, Poca MA, Sahuquillo J, Expósito L, Arribas M, Aparicio J., Infrared pupillometry. Basic principles and their application in the non-invasive monitoring of neurocritical patients. Neurologia 2010 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print] INTRODUCTION: Pupil assessment...
Pupillary reactivity as an early indicator of increased intracranial pressure: The introduction of the Neurological Pupil index Category: Critical Care Chen JW, Gombart ZJ, Rogers S, Gardiner SK, Cecil S, Bullock RM. Pupillary reactivity as an early indicator of increased intracranial pressure: The introduction of the neurological...
Infrared pupillometry to detect the light reflex during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A case series Category: Critical Care Behrends M, et al. Infrared pupillometry to detect the light reflex during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A case series. Resuscitation (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.013 Background: The presence or absence of the pupillary light reflex following cardiopulmonary resuscita-tion has been...
