Intracranial Pressure IV

Session I. Head Injury.- Summary.- ICP and Outcome in Patients with Severe Head Injury.- Prognostic Significance of Intracranial Pressure and Neurological Condition in Acute Brain Lesions.- Role of ICP Monitoring in Patients Suffering from Severe Brain Injuries.- Brain Damage in Fatal Non-Missile Head Injury Without Neuropathological Evidence of High ICP.- Relations of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Hematocrit with Hemispheric Cerebral Blood Flow During Post-Traumatic Coma.- ICP in Experimental Head Injury.- Time Course in Intracerebral Traumatic Hematomas.- Operate or Observe? ICP and the Management of the ‘Silent’ Traumatic Intracranial Haematoma.- Brain Interstitial Fluid Pressure Measurement in Head Injury Patients.- Relevance of Cat-Scan for the Level of ICP in Patients with Severe Head Injury.- Can CT Scan Findings Predict Intracranial Pressure in Closed Head Injury Patients?.- Factors Influencing Survival and Quality of Survival in Patients Treated for Elevated Intracranial Pressure.- The Prognostic Value of Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Measurement in Relation to the Different Factors that Can Affect ICP.- Does the Pressure-Volume Relationship Exist?.- Experimental Brain Injury in the Dog: Pathophysiological Correlation.- Correlations Between Intracranial Pressure, Neurologic Deficit and Computer Tomographic Findings in Patients with Acute Severe Head Injury. A Clinical Study.- Continuous Measurement of Intracranial Pressure in 127 Severe Head Injuries.- Session II. Pressure-Volume Studies.- Summary.- The Pressure-Volume Function of Brain Elasticity and its Relationship with Ventricular Size.- A Method for Predicting PVI in Normal Patients.- Drastic Dehydration as a Treatment of Intracranial Hypertension in Severe Head Injuries.- The CSF Pressure-Volume Relationship Before and After Cardiac Arrest.- CSF Pressure-Volume Relation and Pulse Related CSF Pressure Variations in Man.- Effects of Cerebral Edema Upon Viscoelastic Properties of Brain Tissue.- Parameters for Identifying Brain Response Properties in vivo.- Dynamics of Transtentorial Herniation.- Intrabrain Pressure, Cerebrospinal Ruid Pressure and the PV Function of Craniospinal System Elasticity in Patients After the Extraction of Tumors from the Basal Region and Posterior Fossa.- Clinical Experiences with Intracranial Volume-Pressure Response.- A Diagrammatic, Two-Dimensional Model for Interpretation of Craniospinal P/V Interactions.- Etiology of B-Waves.- Session III. Cerebrovascular Aspects.- Summary.- Intracranial Pressure and Regional Cerebral Blood Row Responses to Experimental Brain Retraction Pressure.- Electrophysiological Changes Associated with Local Brain Compression.- Influence of Mild Hypercapnia on Intracranial Pressure in Ischemic, Non-Infarcted Brain Tissues.- Simultaneous Subacute Measurement of ICP and Brain O2 Availability.- Intracranial Dynamics Associated with Experimentally Induced Pressure Waves.- Sympathetic Role of Posterior Hypothalamus in the Development of Acute Brain Swelling.- The CSF Pulse Pressure in Relation to Intracranial Elastance and Failure of Autoregulation.- Effects of Hypercapnia and Systemic Arterial Hypo- and Hypertension on the Interrelation Between CSF Pulse Pressure and Volume-Pressure Response.- The Effect of Blood Pressure and PaCO2 Upon Bulk Compliance (PVI).- Spectral Analysis of Intracranial Pressure.- The Analogy Between CSF Pulse Pressure and Volume-Pressure Response.- Brain Stem — Cerebellar and Hemispheric Blood Row in Stupor and Impaired States of Responsiveness with and without Intracranial Hypertension.- Measurement of Regional Cerebral Blood Volume by Photoelectric Method.- ICP and EEG in Various Forms of Cerebral Seizures.- Analysis of the Wave Pattern of CSF Pulse Wave.- Study of the CSF Pulsation Transfer: Application to the Frequency Analysis.- Blood Pressure Factors Causing Raised ICP.- Session IV. Intracranial Hemorrhage.- Summary.- ICP Time Course in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage.- The Effect of Experimentally Produced Intracranial Hematoma Upon ICP.- Intraventricular Pressure, CSFLactateandVasospasminRupturedlntracranial Aneurysm.- Intracranial Pressure Changes in Patients with Diffuse Cerebral Vasospasm.- Continuous Monitoring of CSF Pressure in Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Polygraphic Study of CSF Pressure Waves During Coma.- Hydrocephalus Following Early Operation of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysms: Significance of Long-Term Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure.- Alterations of CSF Hydrodynamics Following Meningitis and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Impaired Absorption of CSF During Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Effects of Blood Components on Vesicular Transport in Arachnoid Villi.- Session V. Brain Edema.- Summary.- The Time Course of Brain Tissue Compliance and Resistance in a Controlled Model of Brain Edema.- The Role of Brain Tissue Pressure in Autoregulation of CBF in Areas of Brain Edema.- Quantified Regional Cerebral Glucose Consumption, rCBF and Edema, and the Effects of Papaverine, in Cats with Cortical Cold Injury.- Evolution of Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow in Cryogenic Cerebral Edema.- The Response to Multiple Therapeutic Modalities in Experimental Vasogenic Edema.- Decompressive Craniectomy, ICP and Brain Edema.- Intracranial Pressure and Brain Water Content in Acute Graded Experimental Cerebral Trauma.- Brain Edema in Ischemic Stroke and Air Embolism.- CSF-Pressure of Rats During Ventriculo-Cisternal Perfusion with Potential Brain Edema Factors.- ICP Changes Following Sudden Decompression of the Cat Brain.- Different Aspects of a New Model of Intracranial Hypertension on the Dog Induced by a Blood Shift.- Brain Free Fatty Acids After Transient Global Brain Ischemia with Postinsult Thiopental Therapy.- An Autoradiographic Study of Capillary Permeability During Hyperosmotic Opening.- Freeze Lesion of the Cerebrum: Local Capillary Permeability, Blood Flow and Bulk Flow of Edema Fluid.- Inhibition of Oxygen Diffusion as a Major Cause of Prolonged Cell Anoxia and Postishemic ICP Elevation.- Session VI. Systemic Factors and Infectious Processes.- Summary.- Systemic Vasopressor Responses and the Arterial Hypoxemia Associated with Increased Intracranial Pressure.- Sequential Hemodynamic Changes in Experimental Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema.- Separate and Combined Effects on Intracranial Pressure of Changes in PO2 and PCO2.- The Role of the Hypothalamo-Hypophysial Neurosecretory Adrenergic System in Cushing Reflex.- Intracranial Pressure, Brain Edema and Regional Metabolism in Experimental Brain Abscess in Cats.- Bacterial Meningitis: Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Outflow Resistance.- Experiences with ICP Monitoring in India.- ICP and Compliance in Chronic Subdural Hematoma.- Pathogenesis of Chronic Subdural Hematoma. ICP, Biochemical and Morphological Findings.- Session VII. Data Recording and Analysis.- Summary.- Extradural, Ventricular and Subdural Pressure Recording. Comparative Clinical Study.- Simultaneous Epidural and Intraventricular Pressure Measurement During the Occurrence of Supratentorial Expanding Lesions.- Measurement of Intracranial Force Vector and Its Significance.- Clinical Evaluation of a New Epidural Pressure Transducer.- intracranial Pressure Monitoring: Chronic Animal Implantation and Preliminary Patient Experience with an Implantable Telemetered System.- Intracranial Pressure Studies in Acutely Ill Neonates Using a Noninvasive Technique: A Three Year Experience.- The Control of ICP Using Three Asynchronous Closed Loops.- A Combination of Bed Side ICP Recordings; Histogram, Trend-Graph, and Digital Print.- Intracranial Pressure Registration Administrated by a Microprocessor.- A Microcomputer System for ICP Analysis.- Epidural Measurement of Intracranial Pressure.- A Newly Devised Transducer for Epidural Pressure Measurement and Its Clinical Use.- Spectral Analysis of the ICP Signal — Practical Application in Computer-Assisted Long-Term Patient Care.- Chronic ICP Monitoring Utilizing an in Vivo Calibrating Sensor.- Data Display for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- The Integration of ICP with Other Monitoring Signals on a Single Computer Data Base.- Long Term Study of ICP with Implanted Sensors in Patients with Brain Tumor.- Clinical Application of Telemetrie Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- Session VIII. CSF Formation and Absorbtion.- Summary.- Neurogenic Control of CSF Production from the Choroid Plexus.- Changes in Resistance to Cerebrospinal Fluid Absorption During Prolonged Infusion Studies.- Lumbar Sac Infusion Test Revisited.- Comparison of CSF Outflow Resistance Determined by Bolus and Steady-State Techniques.- The Correlation of Overnight Ventricular Fluid Pressure Recording with Serial Metrizamide Ventriculography in Hydrocephalus.- Differential Effects of Pentobarbital, Ketamine Hydrochloride, and Enflurane Anesthesia on CSF Formation Rate and Outflow Resistance in the Rat.- Cerebrospinal Fluid Formation Rate in Cold Induced Brain Edema.- Cortical Bulk Flow in Normal and Hyposmolar Edema.- Session IX. Hydrocephalus.- Summary.- Hydrodynamic Properties of CSF Shunt Systems.- A Device for Telemetric Pressure Measurement in Shunt Systems.- Intracranial Pressure Changes in “Arrested” Hydrocephalus.- Predicting the Results of Ventricular Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Lumbo-Ventricular Perfusion Test.- Intraventricular Pressure Waves — The Best Predictive Test for Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.- ICP, Cat Scans and Psychometric Assessment in Dementia: A Prospective Analysis.- Long-Term Intraventricular Pressure Measurement in Chronic Communicating Hydrocephalus.- Intraventricular Pressure Monitoring and CSF Dynamics in Non-Tumor Aqueductal Stenosis.- Quantitative Determination of CSF-Flow in Diagnosis of CSF-Resorption Disorders.- The Pathophysiology of Intracranial Hypertension/Hypotension.- Outflow Possibilities of Ventriculolymphatic Shunt.- Plateau Waves: Production in the Rat and Simulation by Means of a Mechanical Model.- Session X. Clinical Aspects of ICP Monitoring.- Summary.- Benign Intracranial Hypertension: A Clinical Evaluation of the CSF Absorption Mechanisms.- Benign Intracranial Hypertension Secondary to Vitamin A Deficiency in Rat and Man: Reversible Collagenous Obstruction of CSF Outflow by Metabolically Deranged Fibroblasts.- Benign Intracranial Hypertension: Therapeutical Approach and Pathophysiological Implications.- ICP Monitoring in Benign Intracranial Hypertension.- Experience in Management of Critical Patients with Reye-Johnson Syndrome.- Intracranial Hypertension in Patients with Reye Syndrome.- The Effect of Decerebrate Rigidity on ICP as Modified by Brain Elastance.- Relationship of Nurse/Patient Activity and ICP Variation.- Pathological Intracranial Pressure Waves in Arnold Chiari Malformations.- Continuous Recording of ICP in the Normal Monkey.- The Results of ICP and EEG Monitoring of Sleep in Cases of Patients with Supratentorial Brain Tumors.- Relationship Between Rapid ICP Variation, Respiratory Pattern and Wakefulness in Neurological Patients.- Selection of Patients for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Control.- Session XI. Anesthesia and Intracranial Pressure.- Summary.- Lidocaine Prevents Increased ICP After Endotracheal Intubation.- Incompatibility of Halogenated Anesthetics with Brain Surgery.- The Effects of Nitrous Oxide, Althesin and Thiopentone on Intracranial Pressure During Chest Physiotherapy in Patients with Severe Head Injuries.- Effect of Althesin on Intracranial Hypertension in Patients with Severe Head Injury.- Nitroprusside and Nitroglycerin Induced Intracranial Pressure Changes.- Effects of Enflurane and Halothane on ICP in Dogs.- Effect of Some Analgesics, Sedatives and i.v. Anesthetics on ICP in Man.- Session XII. Barbiturate, Steroid, and Osmotherapy.- Summary.- Barbiturates for Intracranial Hypertension: A Ten Year Perspective.- The Effectiveness of Iatrogenic Barbiturate Coma in Controlling Increased ICP in 61Children.- Effects of Barbiturates on Intracranial Pressure and the Amount of Mannitol Required to Control the Intracranial Pressure.- Cerebral Vasospasm, ICP and Barbiturate Coma.- Effect of Megadose Steroids on ICP in Traumatic Coma.- Influence of Large Doses of Steroids on Brain Compression, Epidurally.- Mannitol Response and Histogram Analysis in Raised ICP.- Methodology for the Control of Intracranial Pressure with Hypertonic Mannitol.- Effect of Infusion Rate of Glycerol, Mannitol and Urea on Regional Brain Dehydration in the Rat.- The Effects of Furosemide on CSF Dynamics in Patients with Pseudotumor Cerebri.- Effect of Tham on ICP, EEG and Tissue Edema Parameters in Experimental and Clinical Brain Edema.- Closing Discussion: “Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now, and Where Do We Go From Here?”.- List of Senior Authors.- Author Index.