Correlation of palpation anterior fontanometry and cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in early childhood hydrocephalus

Correlation of palpation anterior fontanometry and cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in early childhood hydrocephalus

Background: The anterior fontanelle (AF) tension has been a traditional clinical method of indirect assessment of intracranial pressure (ICP). How does this time-tested bedside assessment technique compare with an objective ventricular cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure? Objective: To determ...

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Main Authors: Mesi Mathew, Abdullahi Onimisi Jimoh, Wilfred Chukwuemeka Mezue, Enoch Ogbonnaya Uche, Mark Chukwunweike Chikani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Subjects:
anterior fontanelle
fontanometry
hydrocephalus
intracranial pressure
manometry
Online Access:http://www.npmj.org/article.asp?issn=1117-1936;year=2022;volume=29;issue=2;spage=151;epage=154;aulast=Mathew

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