The Expanding Role of Quantitative Pupillometry in the Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Overview

Journal Front Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2021 Jul 29

PMID 34322081

Citations 8

Authors

Jason H Boulter

Margaret M Shields

Melissa R Meister

Gregory Murtha

Brian P Curry

Bradley A Dengler

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Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is a rapidly increasing source of morbidity and mortality across the world. As such, the evaluation and management of traumatic brain injuries ranging from mild to severe are under active investigation. Over the last two decades, quantitative pupillometry has been increasingly found to be useful in both the immediate evaluation and ongoing management of traumatic brain injured patients. Given these findings and the portability and ease of use of modern pupillometers, further adoption and deployment of quantitative pupillometers into the preclinical and hospital settings of both resource rich and medically austere environments.

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