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Papilledema in cases of acute elevated intracranial pressure

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Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids

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Is ophthalmoscopy nowadays still important to estimate an increase of intracranial pressure? Even in new textbooks of neurology or neurosurgery papilledema is regarded as an important diagnostic sign for elevated ICP, and for example funduscopy is recommended to do before each lumbar puncture.

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  1. Dept. Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    B. Eifert & A. Aschoff

  2. Dept. Ophthalmology, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    H. Steffen & G. H. Kolling

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Straße 8, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Arne Ernst PD Dr. med.

  2. NIPA Unit, Wessex Regional Center for Pediatric Surgery, SO9 4XY, Southampton, UK

    Robert Marchbanks PhD, MSc

  3. Krankenhaus Nordstadt, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Haltenhoffstraße 41, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Madjid Samii (Direktor der Neurochirurgischen Klinik) (Direktor der Neurochirurgischen Klinik)

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Eifert, B., Steffen, H., Aschoff, A., Kolling, G.H. (1996). Papilledema in cases of acute elevated intracranial pressure. In: Ernst, A., Marchbanks, R., Samii, M. (eds) Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80163-1_28

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