Evaluation of a method for noninvasive intracranial pressure assessment during infusion studies in patients with hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 793-800

  Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Czosnyka, Marek ^a   Schwarze, Jens Jürgen ^c   Sander, Dirk ^c   Gerstner, Werner ^c   Lumenta, Christianto Benjamin ^c   Klingelhöfer, Jürgen ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cerebral blood flow; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFUSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034012495     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0793     Document Type: Article

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