title: Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasonography in Pediatric Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Subclinical cerebral edema has been reported in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) through magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasonography of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) has been used to evaluate intracranial pressure. The objective of this study was to examine the utility of ONSD ultrasonography to evaluate intracranial pressures in children with DKA.
  
  
  METHODS
  This prospective cohort evaluated pediatric patients who presented to the emergency department of the Children's Hospital at the University of Manitoba with DKA within 3 hours of initial treatment. A pediatric bedside neurologic evaluation tool for cerebral edema was utilized 1) within the first hour of the intravenous fluid initiation (t=0 hr); 2) 8 hours after initiation of treatment (t=8 hr); and 3) at hours after presentation (t=24 hr). At each time interval, 3 images of the patients' ONSDs were scanned by an 11 MHz linear array transducer. Increased intracranial pressure was considered in all patients whose mean ONSDs were >4.5 mm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We evaluated 7 patients, aged 4 to 17 years. No patients were clinically assessed as having cerebral edema. Overall, no significant differences emerged among the 3 time points (t=0 vs. t=8 hr; t=0 vs. t=24 hr; t=8 vs. t=24 hr) (all p>.216). Effect sizes were small at 0.14 (t=0 vs. t=8 hr); 0.27 (t=8 vs. t=24 hr); and 0.07 (t=0 vs. t=24).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although not statistically significant, subtle changes in intracranial pressure may have been detected with ONSD ultrasonography in pediatric patients with DKA.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Electronic address: gregory.hansen@umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health. University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A C
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Emergency, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Darcy L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeff K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Vallance
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Children's Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Acidocétose diabétique; Cerebral edema; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Diamètre de la gaine du nerf optique; Optic nerve sheath diameter; Pediatric; Pédiatrique; Ultrasonographie; Ultrasonography; Œdème cérébral