Can infusion tests be recommended for patients with giant hydrocephalus

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Cieslicki, Krzysztof ^a   Czepko, Ryszard ^b,c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c District Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infusion test; Intracranial compensatory parameters; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GIANT HYDROCEPHALUS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHUNTING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFUSION PUMPS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949642151     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.60405     Document Type: Article

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