Intracranial pulse pressure amplitude levels determined during preoperative assessment of subjects with possible idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1151-1156

  Eide, P K ^a   Brean, A ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Department of Neurology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extra cranial shunts; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Outcome; Single pressure wave parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS GRADING SCALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; SHUNTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEIN LANGFITT SCALE; TIME; WAVEFORM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751559556     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-006-0896-0     Document Type: Article

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