Pupil check after medicine for brain swelling in children
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study checks how children’s pupils react after they receive a medicine to lower brain pressure. It aims to see if a quick pupil test can help doctors know if the medicine is working.
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Who can take part
- Your child is in the pediatric or neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU).
- Your child is enrolled within 24 hours of being admitted to the ICU.
- Doctors suspect high pressure in the brain and have prescribed a special medicine (osmotherapy) to reduce it.
- Your child does not have any past or current eye injury or disease.
- You (parents or guardians) agree, and the child does not object to joining the study.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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