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The role of ICP overnight monitoring (ONM) in children with suspected craniostenosis.

Julian ZipfelB JagerH CollmannZ CzosnykaM U SchuhmannT Schweitzer
Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)
Narrowed external CSF spaces in MRI seem to be associated to elevated ICP. Skull X-rays can help to identify patients at risk for chronically elevated ICP. Severe X-ray changes correlate with exhausted cerebrovascular reserve as indicated by RAP decline. Only ICP monitoring clearly identifies raised ICP and low brain compliance. Thus, in cases with ambiguous imaging, ONM constitutes an effective tool to acquire objective data for identification of surgical candidates.
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