Knee-chest position as a sign of increased intracranial pressure in children.
In three young children a newly acquired clinical sign--the knee-chest position--was associated with increased intracranial pressure. This sign may serve as an additional marker to suggest increased intracranial pressure in young children.
Straussberg
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Department of Pediatrics, Hasharon Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petach Tikvah, Israel.
Amir
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Varsano
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D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007717:Knee; D010870:Pineal Gland; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013909:Thorax