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Filter by:Increased intracranial pressure (IICP) is a common problem in traumatic brain injuries and many medical diseases. Early recognition of IICP can save lives. Several invasive and non-invasive methods have been described for IICP diagnosis. In recent years, ultrasonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) has become a popular method due to its high sensitivity and specificity for IICP estimation. Studies have shown that ONSD's ultrasonographic measurement correlates with the IICP and can detect intracranial hypertension. The ONSD measurement has advantages such as being easily applied by the clinician at the bedside, being non-invasive, providing immediate results, reproducibility and low cost. It is known that artificial carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum created in laparoscopic surgeries increases intracranial pressure.However, it is not easy to estimate the degree of changes in ICP during laparoscopic surgery under general anesthesia. In the literature, there are many studies on the sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter to evaluate the effects of trendelenburg position on intracranial pressure with the use of different anesthetic drugs in laparoscopic surgeries. In addition, there are studies reporting that deep neuromuscular blockade in laparoscopic surgeries increases surgical vision and decreases analgesic requirement in postoperative period. The relationship between neuromuscular block level and intracranial pressure is not clear. From this point of view, the investigators would like to evaluate the effect of moderate and deep neuromuscular block level on intracranial pressure by sonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in laparoscopic cholecystectomy operations performed with standard pressure artificial carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum.
This study aims to investigate the inner mechanism during different dehydration therapies such as mannitol injection and hypertonic saline. The investigators used a self-made near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) instrument to monitor the physiological changes noninvasively including oxyhemoglobin ([HbO2]), deoxy-hemoglobin ([Hb]), the derived change in blood volume ([tHb]) and water concentration on the forehead of brain edema patients.
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is becoming a popular procedure due to its unique advantages. Despite these advantages, pneumoperitoneum and steep trendelenburg position are associated with hemodynamic instability and elevated intracranial pressures (ICP). Ultrasonographic measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) is an indirect but also a generally accepted reliable and noninvasive measurement of elevated ICP. However, optimal cut-off values are highly inconsistent due to multiple factors (gender, height, weight). To eliminate the effects of these factors on the results; a ratio should be established in patients known to have elevated ICPs. In a recent study ONSD/ eyeball transverse diameter(ETD) in healthy volunteers in a specific population was established. 60 patients without any history of ICP undergoing RALRP will be enrolled to the study. Ultrasonographic measurement of ONSD and ETD will be performed 10 minutes after induction of general anesthesia, 10 minutes after CO2 pneumoperitoneum with trendelenburg positioning and measurements will be repeated hourly and at last after returning to supine position without CO2 pneumoperitoneum at the end of the procedure. Hemodynamic variables and BIS values on this specific times will be recorded and an arterial sample will be obtained.
This is a prospective, randomized, single-center clinical study aiming to explore the safety and efficacy of venous stenting for patients with internal jugular vein stenosis (IJVS).
Primary objective of this study is to assess the accuracy and precision of intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement in patients after traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage when using simultaneous, non-invasive measurement compared to standard, invasive, measurement. Secondary objective: is to assess the correlation of intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement in patients after traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage between simultaneous, non-invasive measurement and standard, invasive,measurement
This is a single centre, observational study with a medical device which has Conformité Européenne (CE) marking. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (M-MCA) show an increased intra-cranial pressure (ICP) compared to neurological patients without M-MCA infarction or other space-occupying indications.
Pediatric emergency department (PED) physicians frequently encounter children with symptoms that warrant evaluation of the optic disc for suspected increased intracranial pressure (ICP) such as headache, blurred vision, recurrent vomiting etc. Fundoscopic examination, by the PED physician, is considered an essential modality for assessment of the optic disc and the diagnosis of papilledema. Obtaining good visualization of the optic disc requires patient compliance, the ability to open the eyelids, the absence of opacities in the ocular media and a sufficiently large pupillary aperture. Hence, different levels of PED physician training, lack of cooperation, significant ocular or periorbital trauma, contraindications to mydriasis and severe photophobia may hinder direct fundoscopic evaluation. In the investigators' PED, children requiring fundoscopy are sent to a formal ophthalmologic examination. The investigators aim to evaluate the yield of optic disc height as measured with ocular point of care ultrasound to detect optic disc swelling in comparison to ophthalmologic examination as the gold standard.
Longitudinal clinical observation of optic nerve head, using slit lamp fundoscopy, guides therapy in pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) patients; however, it remains a limited method of producing quantitative data in evaluating in patients with IIH. In this study we intend to compare, by using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), the mean retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and total retinal thickness (RNFLT/TRT) of the optic nerve of newly diagnosed IIH children to a control group. This will provide a quantitative measure for follow-up and treatment of this patient group.
This prospective study will use magnetic resonance imaging of patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), to determine if the common radiological finding of transverse venous sinus stenosis can be reversed with standard of care medical treatment of IIH.
The overall purpose of this study is to compare the effects of mannitol and hypertonic saline on patients with increased intracranial pressure. The hypothesis being tested is that hypertonic saline is more effective in controlling increased intracranial pressure than mannitol.