Comparison between 3 infusion methods to measure cerebrospinal fluid outflow conductance: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1294-1303

  Sundström, Nina ^a,b   Andersson, Kennet ^a,b   Marmarou, Anthony ^c   Malm, Jan ^b   Eklund, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infusion test; Intracranial pressure; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outflow conductance; Outflow resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; B WAVE; BOLUS INJECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE;

EID: 78650159646     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.8.JNS10157     Document Type: Article

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