[Noninvasive intracranial pressure measurement at the anterior fontanelle in the first days of life].
A continuous registration of intracranial pressure by aplanation-tonometry on the anterior fontanelle was performed in 12 healthy term newborns during the night hours of the first 3 days. The median intracranial pressure of the first day was 4.01 +/- 2.74 cm H2O. There was a slight increase between the first and the second day of life and a significant increase between second and third day up to 5.84 +/- 2.66 cm H2O. In our interpretation this result is a sign for the active reconfiguration of the skull by increasing intracranial pressure, which may be a consequence of changing tonus of cerebral vessels.
D003393:Cranial Sutures; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D012016:Reference Values; D012886:Skull
Nichtinvasive Hirndruckmessung über der vorderen Fontanelle bei gesunden Säuglingen in den ersten Lebenstagen.