title: Creatine kinase BB release into cerebrospinal fluid after lateral ventricle cannulation.
abstract: Creatine kinase (CK) and creatine kinase BB isoenzyme (CK-BB) activities were measured in ventricular CSF obtained by lateral ventricle cannulation in patients suspected of normal pressure hydrocephalus. Lateral ventricle cannulation resulted in highly and variably elevated CK and CK-BB levels. The results emphasise the interference of these CK and CK-BB elevations in studies on the prognostic value of CSF CK and CK-BB levels in head trauma patients with respect to outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kruse
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melgaard
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Børgesen
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000201:enzymology; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000201:enzymology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007527:Isoenzymes
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase