Automated pupillometer for monitoring the critically ill patient: A critical appraisal

Abnormalities in the pupillary light reflex are an important prognostic indicator for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Manual pupillary examination is confounded by interobserver discrepancies and errors in detecting a reflex under certain conditions. The automated pupillometer is a comput...

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Published in:Journal of critical care Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 599 - 603
Main Authors: Zafar, Sahar F., Suarez, Jose I.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Adult
Automated pupillometer
Automation
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Coma
CPR
Critical Care
Critical Illness
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological - instrumentation
Digital cameras
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Intervention
Iris - pathology
Light
Male
Medical prognosis
Neurocritical care
Organ Size
Prognosis
Pupil Disorders - diagnosis
Reflex, Pupillary - physiology
Reproducibility of Results
Studies
United States > US
Critical care
Automated pupillometer
Neurocritical care
ISSN:0883-9441, 1557-8615, 1557-8615
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Summary:Abnormalities in the pupillary light reflex are an important prognostic indicator for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Manual pupillary examination is confounded by interobserver discrepancies and errors in detecting a reflex under certain conditions. The automated pupillometer is a computer-based infrared digital video device that can obtain objective measurements of pupillary size and reactivity. We performed an electronic literature search to identify original studies on the use of the automated pupillometer in the ICU. We identified 7 articles that met the inclusion criteria and reviewed them critically and assessed the quality of evidence by using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach. We found that the study grade was low, and study quality was low to moderate for all the reviewed manuscripts. Pupillometric measurements had better precision and reproducibility compared with the manual pupillary examination. Based on these data, we conclude that pupillometry monitoring can serve as an important tool in the ICU. Further large scale studies on patients in the neurocritical care unit and medical ICU are needed to support the routine use of automated pupillometry.
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ISSN:0883-9441
1557-8615
1557-8615
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.01.012