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Intraventricular Isotope Encephalography and Continuous Intraventricular Pressure Recording in Patients Mentally Retarded Following Brain Injury

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Intracranial Pressure III

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Since the first reports on normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) the interest in this treatable disease has resulted in many clinical studies. The difficulties in predicting the effect of a ventriculoatrial shunt on mental function by pneumoencephalography (PEG) or cisternography have led to the application of other diagnostic tools, including continuous intraventricular pressure (IVP) recording and the intralumbar infusion test. The value of these methods is still uncertain (2, 7, 11, 14). Since 1970, we have used intraventricular isotope encephalography (HE) with 1311 albumin (5, 6). Simultaneously, we have recorded IVP continuously for a 24-h period and determined ventricular fluid Na+, K+, bicarbonate, lactate, pyruvate, protein, fractioned protein, pCO2, pO2, and pH.

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  1. Kliniek voor Neuro-Chirurgie, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Oostersingel 59, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Johannes W. F. Beks  & D. Andries Bosch  & 

  2. MHH Neurochirurgische Klinik, Postfach 180, D-3000, Hannover-Kleefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

    Mario Brock

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Cold, G.E., Jensen, F. (1976). Intraventricular Isotope Encephalography and Continuous Intraventricular Pressure Recording in Patients Mentally Retarded Following Brain Injury. In: Beks, J.W.F., Bosch, D.A., Brock, M. (eds) Intracranial Pressure III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66508-0_17

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