Ultrasound detected increase in optic disk height to identify elevated intracranial pressure: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elevated intracranial pressure (eICP) is a serious medical emergency that requires prompt identification and monitoring. The current gold standards of eICP detection require patient transportation, radiation, and can be invasive. Ocular ultrasound has emerged as a rapid, non-invasive, bedside tool to measure correlates of eICP. This systematic review seeks to explore the utility of ultrasound detected optic disc elevation (ODE) as an ultrasonographic finding of eICP and to study its sensitivity and specificity as a marker of eICP.

Methods

This systematic review followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central for English articles published before April 2023;

SUBMITTER: Ghanem G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212868 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature