Low pressure hydrocephalus and ventriculomegaly: Hysteresis, non-linear dynamics, and the benefits of CSF diversion

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 555-561

  Lesniak, M S ^a   Clatterbuck, R E ^a   Rigamonti, D ^a   Williams, M A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Hysteresis; Low pressure hydrocephalus; Non linear dynamics; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN COMPLIANCE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYSTERESIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETHARGY; LOW PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENINGITIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

EID: 0036935580     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690209168360     Document Type: Article

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