Placement of a cervical collar increases the optic nerve sheath diameter in healthy adults
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine Sep 02, 2017
Woster CM, et al. – This study was planned to explain the changes in optic nerve sheath diameter (OSND) following the placement of a c–collar and determine if any changes were time–dependent. The physicians revealed that the placement of a cervical collar increased the ONSD at 5 min and this change remained increased at 20 min. Future study needed to evaluate whether similar results were found in patients with blunt head trauma.
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