RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 CSF pressure assessed by lumbar puncture agrees with intracranial pressure
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 155
OP 158
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000250270.54587.71
VO 68
IS 2
A1 N. Lenfeldt
A1 L. -O.D. Koskinen
A1 A. T. Bergenheim
A1 J. Malm
A1 A. Eklund
YR 2007
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/68/2/155.abstract
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.