-
Journal of anesthesia · Jun 1994
Estimation of cerebrospinal fluid pressure via lumbar epidural space by equilibration method.
- Hong-Lin Du, Kunio Suwa, and Kazuo Hanaoka.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, 113, Tokyo, Japan.
- J Anesth. 1994 Jun 1; 8 (2): 182-187.
AbstractBy introducing water into the lumbar epidural space from a vertically held tube under gravity, we measured lumbar epidural pressure (EDP) when the water meniscus no longer declined. In principle, the pressure of either side of dura mater had become equal at this time which is referred to as the equilibrium point. EDP measured in this way was consistently 1-3 mmHg lower than lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) not only immediately after the equilibrium point, but also for 5 min after the equilibrium point had been reached. Both EDP and CSFP responded sensitively to the manipulations of CSFP during this period. We suggest that this method may provide a means to continuously monitor CSFP by EDP.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..