TY - JOUR
T1 - Automated Pupillometry in Neurocritical Care
T2 - Research and Practice
AU - Lussier, Bethany L.
AU - Olson, Dai Wai M.
AU - Aiyagari, Venkatesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to examine the impact of pupillometer assessment on care and research of patients with neurological injury. Recent Findings: Recent studies demonstrate that automated pupillometry outperforms manual penlight pupil examination in neurocritical care populations. Further research has identified specific changes in the pupillary light reflex associated with pathologic conditions, and pupillometry has been used to successfully identify early changes in neurologic function, intracranial pressure, treatment response to osmotherapy, and prognosis after cardiac arrest. Summary: Automated pupillometry is being increasingly adopted as a routine part of the neurologic examination, supported by a growing body of literature demonstrating its reliability, accuracy, and ease of use. Automated pupillometry allows rapid, non-invasive, reliable, and quantifiable assessment of pupillary function which may allow rapid diagnosis of intracranial pathology that affects clinical decision making.
AB - Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to examine the impact of pupillometer assessment on care and research of patients with neurological injury. Recent Findings: Recent studies demonstrate that automated pupillometry outperforms manual penlight pupil examination in neurocritical care populations. Further research has identified specific changes in the pupillary light reflex associated with pathologic conditions, and pupillometry has been used to successfully identify early changes in neurologic function, intracranial pressure, treatment response to osmotherapy, and prognosis after cardiac arrest. Summary: Automated pupillometry is being increasingly adopted as a routine part of the neurologic examination, supported by a growing body of literature demonstrating its reliability, accuracy, and ease of use. Automated pupillometry allows rapid, non-invasive, reliable, and quantifiable assessment of pupillary function which may allow rapid diagnosis of intracranial pathology that affects clinical decision making.
KW - Automated pupillometer
KW - Intracranial pressure
KW - Neurological examination
KW - Outcomes
KW - Pupillary light reflex
KW - Traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1007/s11910-019-0994-z
DO - 10.1007/s11910-019-0994-z
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31440851
AN - SCOPUS:85071156194
SN - 1528-4042
VL - 19
JO - Current neurology and neuroscience reports
JF - Current neurology and neuroscience reports
IS - 10
M1 - 71
ER -