title: In-house development of a dedicated data acquisition and monitoring system for intracranial pressure, patient posture and patient symptoms in a regional neurosciences centre.
abstract: Management of traumatic brain injury and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow disorders can be aided by measurement and monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP). In addition to pressure measurement, knowledge of patient symptoms and posture during monitoring are also valuable, particularly in the management of CSF flow disorders. ICP monitoring systems have been developed in this centre to meet clinical needs in the absence of commercially available solutions. An early system (mark I) was developed and the technical challenges in its design are described, along with limitations to this system that motivated the development of a new mark II system. The mark II system is then described.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, The James Cook University Hospital, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, UK.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: I J S
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Boddy
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Strachan
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface