[A method for the continuos recording of intracraneal pressure].
91 patients with acute head injuries, hydrocephalus, cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, encephalitis, intracerebral hemorrhage, or carbon monoxide intoxication have been so monitored by using the Numoto pressure switch by a method herein described. The main advantage has been the knowledge of the level of intracranial pressure at any given time and the early detection of a rising pressure when this phenomenon occurred. There were no complications except for 3 cases of infection. Two of these cases were minor purulent collections only at the site of exit of the tube in the scalp. One patient with a compound wound, cerebral laceration, and intracerebral hematoma developed a wound infection and brain abscess which required drainage.
D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008365:Manometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic
Metodo para registro continuo da pressão intracraniana