LETTER TO THE EDITOR


https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24209
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 26 | Issue 5 | Year 2022

Reply to Letter to Editor: Effect of Percutaneous Tracheostomy on Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter [TONS Trial]

Indu Kapoorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3065-4940

Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Corresponding Author: Indu Kapoor, Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India, Phone: +91 9013439134, e-mail: dr.indu.me@gmail.com

How to cite this article: Kapoor I. Reply to Letter to Editor: Effect of Percutaneous Tracheostomy on Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter [TONS Trial]. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(5):654.

Source of support: Nil

Conflict of interest: None

 

Keywords: Intracranial pressure, Optic nerve sheath diameter, Tracheostomy.

We thank Paola et al. for showing interest in our article and appreciate their keen observations.1 We welcome the comments made by them and will try answering to their satisfaction. Our response to their concerns is given below:

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Indu Kapoor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3065-4940

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