• World Neurosurg · Jun 2020

    Review Historical Article

    The Historical Evolution of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.

    • Anika Sonig, Fareed Jumah, Bharath Raju, Nitesh V Patel, Gaurav Gupta, and Anil Nanda.
    • Rice School of Social Sciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
    • World Neurosurg. 2020 Jun 1; 138: 491-497.

    AbstractIntracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring has become an important tool in neurocritical care. Despite being used in intensive care units all over the world, many are unfamiliar with its origins and the people and events that shaped the development of this technique. Herein, we provide a comprehensive historical review of the evolution of ICP monitoring, beginning with the earliest descriptions of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We conducted a database search in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Google Books for relevant articles using the key words "cerebrospinal fluid," "intracranial pressure," and "monitoring." Papers were further snowballed using reference lists of relevant papers. Although the earliest descriptions of CSF date back several hundred years bce, the history of ICP monitoring itself is not a long one. Alexander Monro and his student George Kellie laid the foundation of CSF physiology in the early 1800s through the Monro-Kellie doctrine. Their principles were later consolidated by John Abercrombie and Harvey Cushing. However, 10 years earlier than Cushing's work on CSF physiology, Hans Queckenstedt's utilization of a lumbar needle to measure the pressure in CSF marked the beginning of the era of ICP monitoring. Thenceforward, ICP monitoring technology underwent progressive improvements through the contributions of French scientists Jean Guillaume and Pierre Janny, Swedish neurosurgeon Nils Lundberg, among others. Nowadays, ICP monitoring can be performed via direct and indirect methods using a potpourri of devices such as, but not limited to, subarachnoid bolts, microtransducer catheters, and telemetric monitors. Nevertheless, despite advancements in ICP monitoring technology, the criterion standard remains an extraventricular drain catheter connected to an external pressure transducer.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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