Case study of relevant pressures for an implanted hydrocephalus valve in everyday life.
Hydrocephalus patients with increased intracranial pressure are generally treated by draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the abdomen through an implanted shunt with a passive differential pressure valve. To perfectly adapt the valve's opening pressure to the patient's need, more information on the acutal pressure across the valve in everyday life actions like walking, eating, sleeping etc. is necessary.
Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Inga Margrit
IM
Elixmann
Christine
C
Goffin
Rolf
R
Krueger
Ullrich
U
Meier
Johannes
J
Lemcke
Michael
M
Kiefer
Sebastian
S
Antes
Steffen
S
Leonhardt
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003371:Cough / Q000503:physiopathology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012912:Sneezing / Q000502:physiology; D013686:Telemetry