Quantitative assessments of pupillary light reflexes in hospital-onset unresponsiveness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients who develop hospital-onset unresponsiveness should be promptly managed in order to avoid clinical deterioration. Pupillary examination through pupillary light reflex is the gold standard method in the initial evaluation of unresponsive patients. However, the current method of shining light and subjective description often shows poor reliability. The objective of this study is to explore whether a quantitative measurement of pupillary light reflexes is useful in detecting brain herniation syndrome and predicting neurological outcomes in patients who developed hospital-onset unresponsiveness after admission for non-neurological reasons.

Methods

This was a registry-based observational study on patients who activated the neurological rapid response team at As

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature