Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Postural Changes in Intracranial Pressure in Chronically Shunted PatientsBarami K. · Sood S. · Ham S.D. · Canady A.I.Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Mich., USA
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: October 27, 2000
Issue release date: August 2000
Number of Print Pages: 6
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 1
ISSN: 1016-2291 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0305 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PNE
Abstract
A subset of hydrocephalic patients with indwelling shunts become symptomatic when they are upright and active. Intracranial pressure (ICP) measurements in these patients have shown a significant drop in pressure when the patient is upright with return to normal levels when the patient is supine. In 20 chronically shunted hydrocephalic patients who previously had no siphon protection devices, ICP changes in supine and upright position were studied at the time when the patient had external ventriculostomy for treatment of shunt infection. Our hypothesis was that these patients might display rapid changes in ICP from fluid shifts occurring in non-CSF compartments. To minimize the effects of hysteresis, drift and zero-point error, measurements were made using a fluid manometer rather than a strain gauge pressure transducer. The pressure-volume index was estimated using the standard technique of bolus injection. Intracranial CSF volume was estimated on CT scans. The fluid shift was calculated using a mathematical model of the CSF compartment that incorporates negative pressure and volume components that permits simulation of siphoning. Sixteen patients had small, slit ventricles; 3 patients had moderate-sized ventricles and in 1 patient the ventricular size was normal. The average intracranial CSF volume estimated on CT scan was 12 cm3. There was a mean drop in ICP in the upright position of 159 mm H2O. The mean PVI of 42 ml suggested a volume displacement out of proportion to the available intracranial CSF volume. Based on these findings, we conclude that even in the absence of drainage through the shunt, chronically shunted patients still display a fall in ICP when assuming the upright position. This raises the possibility of fluid shifts other than of CSF through nonshunt pathways. Possible mechanisms involving altered CSF-venous system interaction are discussed.
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: October 27, 2000
Issue release date: August 2000
Number of Print Pages: 6
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 1
ISSN: 1016-2291 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0305 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/PNE
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