Computerized use of ICP data. Preliminary elements on the shunt patient.
An incorrect choice of valve may produce a delay in psychomotor development in shunted hydrocephalic children. The intracranial pressure was measured for 24 h in 20 subjects suffering from nontumoral hydrocephalus, obtaining a pressure/volume index with compliance and perfusion pressure data. Their data were entered into a computer and used to determine the correct valve to be chosen.
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Sezione Neurochirurgia Infantile, Università degli studi di Messina, Italy.
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Lucerna
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D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure