title: [Linear relations of brain pulse amplitude to mean intracranial pressure].
abstract: A catheter for intracranial pressure monitoring was introduced into the right lateral ventricle in 71 neurosurgical patients. In 63 patients (88.7%) a significant linear relationship was found between the cerebral pulse amplitude (PA) and the mean intracranial pressure (Pm). In 8 patients (11.3%) no linear relationship was established between PA and Pm. PA- and Pm-analyses performed subsequent to these compliance tests are discussed on the basis of the pathophysiology of the intracranial space.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie, Neurochirurgische Abteilung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schön
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagen
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003187:Compliance; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation; D011674:Pulse / Q000502:physiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation
vernacular_title: Uber die Linearität der Hirnpulsamplituden-Mitteldruck-Beziehung.