PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N. Lenfeldt
AU  - L. -O.D. Koskinen
AU  - A. T. Bergenheim
AU  - J. Malm
AU  - A. Eklund
TI  - CSF pressure assessed by lumbar puncture agrees with intracranial pressure
AID  - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250270.54587.71
DP  - 2007 Jan 09
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 155--158
VI  - 68
IP  - 2
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/68/2/155.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/68/2/155.full
SO  - Neurology2007 Jan 09; 68
AB  - The accuracy of estimating intracranial pressure in brain tissue (ICPBT) via lumbar space was investigated using preset pressure levels in the interval 0 to 600 mm H2O in patients with communicating hydrocephalus. Lumbar space ICP correlated excellently to ICPBT, demonstrated by a measured mean difference of 10 mm H2O (0.75 mm Hg) and a regression coefficient of 0.98. The concurrence supports the lumbar puncture as an accurate technique to determine ICP in patients with communicating CSF systems.