A clinical study of parenchymal and subdural miniature strain-gauge transducers for monitoring intracranial pressure

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 927-932

  Gray, William P ^b   Palmer, James D ^a   Gill, John ^b   Gardner, Miranda ^b   Iannotti, Fausto ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tissue pressure; Head injury; Intracanial pressure; MicroSensor; Miniature strain gauge transducer; Subdural pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DURA MATER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

BRAIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SUBDURAL SPACE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0029851897     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199611000-00008     Document Type: Article

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