Merlin D. Larson (San Francisco University of California)

A Practical Guide to Portable Pupillometry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A practical, easy-to-use book describing the use, applications, and advantages of portable pupillometry, explaining the meaning of the various parameters that they provide for healthcare professionals. Summarizes newly collated information about the pupil accumulated over 30 years, since the introduction of this technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781009436298
• ISBN-10: 1009436295
• Artikelnr.: 70342556

Autorenporträt

Merlin D. Larson is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He originated the idea of portable infrared pupillometry, authoring the first papers on its use and his various works are essential reading material for those whose use the technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
1. Early history of the pupil
2. Anatomy of the pupil
3. Physiology of the pupil
4. Pharmacology of the pupil
5. Unusual pupillary syndromes
6. Measurement of the pupil
7. Pupil size
8. Pupillary light reflex
9. Pupillary reflex dilation
10. Measuring inhibition at the EW nucleus
11. Traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest, intensive care
12. Opioid effect and acute pain
13. Anisocoria
14. Clinical examples and case reports
Conclusion
References
Index.