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. 2025 Jan 15;29(1):25.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05265-2.

Spectral edge frequency and dilation pupillary velocity in critically ill patients: a pilot study

Mario Zaccarelli  1 , Martina Polato  1 , Fabio Silvio Taccone  2
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Spectral edge frequency and dilation pupillary velocity in critically ill patients: a pilot study

Mario Zaccarelli et al. Crit Care. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: This is a secondary analysis of a previously published study, approved by the ethics committee, “Comite d'Ethique Erasme-ULB” (P2019/308). Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: FST is Advisor for Neuroptics. Other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Linear correlation between dilation velocity (DV) and spectral edge frequency (SEF) at baseline (left panel), after sedation regimen modification (central panel) and between absolute changes in DV and SEF after sedation changes (right panel)
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