Lack of gastric emptying at autopsy eleven days after heat trauma in the sauna- a forensic autopsy case report.

A man in his mid-70s passed out in a public 90-degree sauna and remained unconscious for at least half an hour. He suffered third-degree burns to approximately 50% of his body surface area. Despite immediate transport to a burn center and intensive care therapy, he did not regain consciousness and died eleven days later.

Optic nerve sheath diameter correlates with both success and failure of hydrocephalus treatment in pediatric patients with pineal region lesions.

Background: Pineal region lesions in children are heterogenous pathologies often symptomatic due to occlusive hydrocephalus and thus elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). MRI-derived parameters to assess hydrocephalus are the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) as a surrogate for ICP and the frontal occipital horn ratio (FOHR), representing ventricle volume. As elevated ICP may not always be associated with clinical signs, the adjunct of ONSD could help decision making in patients undergoing treatment.

Influence of sex and disease etiology on the development of papilledema and optic nerve sheath extension in the setting of intracranial pressure elevation in children.

Introduction: Dilatation of the optic nerve sheath diameter and swelling of the optic disc are known phenomena associated with intracranial pressure elevation.

Research Question: Do sex and disease etiology have an impact on the development of optic disc elevation and optic nerve sheath extension in children in the setting of ICP elevation? Fundoscopic papilledema and point-of-care-ultrasound techniques-optic nerve sheath diameter (US-ONSD) and optic disc elevation (US-ODE) - were compared in this regard.

Material And Methods: 72 children were included in this prospective study; 50 with proven pathology (e.

Ultrasound-guided initial diagnosis and follow-up of pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children often presents with non-specific symptoms found in conditions such as hydrocephalus. For definite diagnosis, invasive intracranial pressure measurement is usually required. Ultrasound (US) of the optic nerve sheath diameter provides a non-invasive method to assess intracranial pressure.

Non-Invasive Quantitative Approximation of Intracranial Pressure in Pediatric Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Based on Point-of-Care Ultrasound of the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter.

Background: To investigate whether ultrasound-based optic nerve sheath diameter (US-ONSD) is a reliable measure to follow up children with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). In addition, to analyze the inter- and intra-individual relationships between US-ONSD and intracranial pressure (ICP), and to investigate whether an individualized mathematical regression equation obtained from two paired US-ONSD/ICP values can be used to approximate ICP from US-ONSD values.

Methods: 159 US examinations and 53 invasive ICP measures via lumbar puncture (LP) were performed in 28 children with IIH.