Changing the paradigm of intracranial hypertension in brain tumor patients: a study based on non-invasive ICP measurements.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ultrasound based non-invasive ICP measurement method has been recently validated. Correlation of symptoms and signs of intracranial hypertension with actual ICP measurements in patients with large intracranial tumors is controversial. The purpose of this study was to assess ICP in patients with brain tumors, presenting with neurological signs and symptoms of elevated ICP and to further evaluate the value and utility of non-invasive ICP monitoring.

Methods

Twenty patients underwent non-invasive ICP measurement using a two-depth transcranial Doppler ultrasound designed to simultaneously compare pulse dynamics in the proximal (intracranial), and the distal (extracranial) intraorbital segments of the ophthalmic artery through the closed eyelid.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Kienzler JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336443 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature