Abstract
All clinicians are familiar with palpation of the anterior fontanelle. Although frequently used, this subjective method of estimating intracranial pressure (ICP) is considered unreliable. Various techniques have been proposed to measure ICP in infants more accurately (1, 8). Invariably the force used by the investigator to apply the transducer to the fontanelle interferes with recording of ICP.
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Plandsoen, W.C.G., de Jong, D.A., van Eijndhoven, J.H.M., Stroink, H. (1987). Anterior Fontanelle Pressure Monitoring Using the Rotterdam Teletransducer and the Pressure Depth Curve. In: Poeck, K., Hacke, W., Schneider, R. (eds) Neuroimmunologie Spinale Krankheiten Neuropsychologie Metabolische Enzephalopathien Neurologische Notfälle Interventionelle Neuroradiologie. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83201-7_157
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