Merlin D Larson

A Practical Guide to Portable Pupillometry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The applications and advantages of portable pupillometry for a wide variety of healthcare providers are becoming increasingly evident, with frequent pupil evaluation becoming the protocol throughout critical care and emergency departments. Authored by a world leading expert, this practical, user-friendly book brings together all the research on portable pupillometry and explains the meaning of the various parameters that new portable pupillometers provide. Starting with the anatomy and physiology of the pupil, the book moves on to discuss pharmacological effects, unusual pupillary syndromes, measurement and size of the pupil, pupillary reflex dilation and pupillary unrest. Additional chapters focus on traumatic brain injury, cardiac arrest, intensive care, opioid effect, acute pain and anisocoria and provide valuable clinical examples and case reports. Also featuring an extensive bibliography for further reading, this book is essential reading for all healthcare professionals using the pupil to evaluate drug effects and ischemic/traumatic insults to the brain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• 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.