Brain death and intraocular pressure.
The authors report on the behavior of the intraocular pressure of 20 patients who had sustained severe head injury. The 8 patients who retained normal intraocular pressure all survived. The 12 patients who developed intraocular hypotony all suffered brain death. Although optic disc edema was not noted in any brain-dead patients, we did find signs of fundus ischemia in most.
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Neurosurgical Clinic of the Leopoldina Hospital, Schweinfurt, West Germany.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure