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Comparative Study
Clinical evaluation of a miniature strain-gauge transducer for monitoring intracranial pressure.
- S P Gopinath, C S Robertson, C F Contant, R K Narayan, and R G Grossman.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
- Neurosurgery. 1995 Jun 1;36(6):1137-40; discussion 1140-1.
AbstractIn 25 patients, we evaluated the accuracy of a new miniature strain-gauge transducer developed for the measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP). The ICP in each patient was measured with the intraventricular, miniature strain-gauge transducer, and that value was compared with the ICP measured with a ventriculostomy catheter coupled to an external strain-gauge transducer. From the two monitors, 2218 simultaneous measurements of ICP were obtained. The average ICP measured with the miniature strain-gauge transducer was 15.9 +/- 10.0 mm Hg (range, -3 to 104 mm Hg). The ICP measured with the ventriculostomy-catheter transducer averaged 15.4 +/- 10.1 mm Hg (range, -9 to 104 mm Hg). A highly significant correlation was found over the wide range of pressures observed (n = 2218, r = 0.97, P < 0.001). The average difference between the two measurements of the ICP was 0.5 +/- 2.6 mm Hg, and the differences were equally positive and negative, demonstrating no consistent bias. The two values for the ICP were within 2 mm Hg of each other on 63% of the measurements and within 4 mm Hg of each other on 89% of the measurements. The average zero drift of the miniature strain-gauge transducer, measured at ambient pressure after removal of the catheter, was 0.2 +/- 0.5 mm Hg. The results indicate that this miniature strain-gauge transducer is highly accurate and stable and that it is a reliable alternative to a ventriculostomy for monitoring the ICP.
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