Is non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure waveform analysis possible? Preliminary results of a comparative study of non-invasive vs. invasive intracranial slow-wave waveform analysis monitoring in patients with traumatic brain injury

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Fountas, Kostas H ^a,c   Sitkauskas, Arturas ^b   Feltes, Carlos H ^a   Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z ^a   Dimopoulos, Vassilios G ^a   Kassam, Mozaffar ^a   Grigorian, Arthur A ^a   Robinson, Joe Sam ^a   Ragauskas, Arminas ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; B waves; Cerebral auto regulation; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; B WAVE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 13844275154     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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