The Use of Automated Pupillometry in Critical Care

Dai Wai M Olson; Megan Fishel

doi:10.1016/j.cnc.2015.09.003

The Use of Automated Pupillometry in Critical Care

Dai Wai M Olson, Megan Fishel

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Abstract

The neurologic examination (neuroexamination) is one of the most powerful tools available to nurses and physicians caring for patients with neurologic or neurosurgical illness. Assessing cranial nerve function is one of the most vital components of the neuroexamination. The pupillary light reflex helps to evaluate the status of the second and third cranial nerves and is one of the most well-known elements of the cranial nerve examination. Automated pupillometers have been developed that provide objective measures of size of the pupil and the responsiveness of the pupil to light (neuropupillary index).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	101-107
Number of pages	7
Journal	Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2015.09.003
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Cranial nerve assessment
Multimodal monitoring
Neurologic assessment
Pupillometer

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Critical Care

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