title: Release of intracranial pressure leads to improvement of otoacoustic emissions--a case report of a Kenyan child with complicated tuberculous meningitis.
abstract: Intracranial pressure usually is measured with invasive techniques. The usability of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions as non-invasive approach has been evaluated only once by Frank et al. This article presents the case of a Kenyan boy with tuberculous meningitis and an active malresorptive hydrocephalus. At this stage, the otoacoustic emissions did show very low correlations. After releasing pressure, the otoacoustic emissions improved significantly. This case report points out the possible usability of otoacoustic emissions in intracranial pressure monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Joachim.Schmutzhard@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmutzhard
authors.forename: Fabian C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Aregger
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otieno
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bunk
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zorowka
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmutzhard
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: intracranial pressure; transient otoacoustic emissions; tuberculous meningitis