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Meta-Analysis
. 2022 Mar;41(3):585-595.
doi: 10.1002/jum.15732. Epub 2021 Apr 24.

Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound for Raised Intracranial Pressure: A Literature Review and Meta-analysis of its Diagnostic Accuracy

Waleed Aletreby  1 , Abdulrahman Alharthy  1   2 , Peter G Brindley  3 , Demetrios J Kutsogiannis  3 , Fahad Faqihi  1   2 , Waseem Alzayer  1   2 , Abdullah Balhahmar  1 , Ibrahim Soliman  1   2 , Hend Hamido  1 , Saleh A Alqahtani  4 , Dimitrios Karakitsos  1   2   5   6 , Michael Blaivas  5   7
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Meta-Analysis

Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound for Raised Intracranial Pressure: A Literature Review and Meta-analysis of its Diagnostic Accuracy

Waleed Aletreby et al. J Ultrasound Med. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) ultrasound is becoming increasingly more popular for estimating raised intracranial pressure (ICP). We performed a systematic review and analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of ONSD when compared to the standard invasive ICP measurement.

Method: We performed a systematic search of PUBMED and EMBASE for studies including adult patients with suspected elevated ICP and comparing sonographic ONSD measurement to a standard invasive method. Quality of studies was assessed using the QUADAS-2 tool by two independent authors. We used a bivariate model of random effects to summarize pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR). Heterogeneity was investigated by meta-regression and sub-group analyses.

Results: We included 18 prospective studies (16 studies including 619 patients for primary outcome). Only one study was of low quality, and there was no apparent publication bias. Pooled sensitivity was 0.9 [95% confidence intervals (CI): 0.85-0.94], specificity was 0.85 (95% CI: 0.8-0.89), and DOR was 46.7 (95% CI: 26.2-83.2) with partial evidence of heterogeneity. The Area-Under-the-Curve of the summary Receiver-Operator-Curve was 0.93 (95% CI: 0.91-0.95, P < .05). No covariates were significant in the meta-regression. Subgroup analysis of severe traumatic brain injury and parenchymal ICP found no heterogeneity. ICP and ONSD had a correlation coefficient of 0.7 (95% CI: 0.63-0.76, P < .05).

Conclusion: ONSD is a useful adjunct in ICP evaluation but is currently not a replacement for invasive methods where they are feasible.

Keywords: intracranial pressure; meta-analysis; optic nerve sheath diameter; ultrasound.

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