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Faria BCD, Sacramento LGG, Queiroz AVR, Leite FDAD, Oliveira HLLLD, Kimura TY, Faleiro RM. The use of noninvasive measurements of intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury: a narrative review. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2023; 81:551-563. [PMID: 37379867 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1764411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The most frequent cause of death in neurosurgical patients is due to the increase in intracranial pressure (ICP); consequently, adequate monitoring of this parameter is extremely important. OBJECTIVES In this study, we aimed to analyze the accuracy of noninvasive measurement methods for intracranial hypertension (IH) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS The data were obtained from the PubMed database, using the following terms: intracranial pressure, noninvasive, monitoring, assessment, and measurement. The selected articles date from 1980 to 2021, all of which were observational studies or clinical trials, in English and specifying ICP measurement in TBI. At the end of the selection, 21 articles were included in this review. RESULTS The optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), pupillometry, transcranial doppler (TCD), multimodal combination, brain compliance using ICP waveform (ICPW), HeadSense, and Visual flash evoked pressure (FVEP) were analyzed. Pupillometry was not found to correlate with ICP, while HeadSense monitor and the FVEP method appear to have good correlation, but sensitivity and specificity data are not available. The ONSD and TCD methods showed good-to-moderate accuracy on invasive ICP values and potential to detect IH in most studies. Furthermore, multimodal combination may reduce the error possibility related to each technique. Finally, ICPW showed good accuracy to ICP values, but this analysis included TBI and non-TBI patients in the same sample. CONCLUSIONS Noninvasive ICP monitoring methods may be used in the near future to guide TBI patients' management.
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
- Hospital João XXIII, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
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Müller SJ, Henkes E, Gounis MJ, Felber S, Ganslandt O, Henkes H. Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12062209. [PMID: 36983213 PMCID: PMC10051320 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12062209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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(1) Background: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring plays a key role in the treatment of patients in intensive care units, as well as during long-term surgeries and interventions. The gold standard is invasive measurement and monitoring via ventricular drainage or a parenchymal probe. In recent decades, numerous methods for non-invasive measurement have been evaluated but none have become established in routine clinical practice. The aim of this study was to reflect on the current state of research and shed light on relevant techniques for future clinical application. (2) Methods: We performed a PubMed search for “non-invasive AND ICP AND (measurement OR monitoring)” and identified 306 results. On the basis of these search results, we conducted an in-depth source analysis to identify additional methods. Studies were analyzed for design, patient type (e.g., infants, adults, and shunt patients), statistical evaluation (correlation, accuracy, and reliability), number of included measurements, and statistical assessment of accuracy and reliability. (3) Results: MRI-ICP and two-depth Doppler showed the most potential (and were the most complex methods). Tympanic membrane temperature, diffuse correlation spectroscopy, natural resonance frequency, and retinal vein approaches were also promising. (4) Conclusions: To date, no convincing evidence supports the use of a particular method for non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement. However, many new approaches are under development.
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- Sebastian Johannes Müller
- Neuroradiologische Klinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)711-278-34501
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- Neuroradiologische Klinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
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- New England Center for Stroke Research, Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Stiftungsklinikum Mittelrhein, D-56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Neurochirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Neuroradiologische Klinik, Klinikum Stuttgart, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
- Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Duisburg-Essen, D-47057 Duisburg, Germany
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Abdul-Rahman A, Morgan W, Yu DY. A machine learning approach in the non-invasive prediction of intracranial pressure using Modified Photoplethysmography. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0275417. [PMID: 36174066 PMCID: PMC9521929 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ideal Intracranial pressure (ICP) estimation method should be accurate, reliable, cost-effective, compact, and associated with minimal morbidity/mortality. To this end several described non-invasive methods in ICP estimation have yielded promising results, however the reliability of these techniques have yet to supersede invasive methods of ICP measurement. Over several publications, we described a novel imaging method of Modified Photoplethysmography in the evaluation of the retinal vascular pulse parameters decomposed in the Fourier domain, which enables computationally efficient information filtering of the retinal vascular pulse wave. We applied this method in a population of 21 subjects undergoing lumbar puncture manometry. A regression model was derived by applying an Extreme Gradient Boost (XGB) machine learning algorithm using retinal vascular pulse harmonic regression waveform amplitude (HRWa), first and second harmonic cosine and sine coefficients (an1,2, bn1,2) among other features. Gain and SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) values ranked feature importance in the model. Agreement between the predicted ICP mean, median and peak density with measured ICP was assessed using Bland-Altman bias±standard error. Feature gain of intraocular pressure (IOPi) (arterial = 0.6092, venous = 0.5476), and of the Fourier coefficients, an1 (arterial = 0.1000, venous = 0.1024) ranked highest in the XGB model for both vascular systems. The arterial model SHAP values demonstrated the importance of the laterality of the tested eye (1.2477), which was less prominent in the venous model (0.8710). External validation was achieved using seven hold-out test cases, where the median venous predicted ICP showed better agreement with measured ICP. Although the Bland-Altman bias from the venous model (0.034±1.8013 cm water (p<0.99)) was lower compared to that of the arterial model (0.139±1.6545 cm water (p<0.94)), the arterial model provided a potential avenue for internal validation of the prediction. This approach can potentially be integrated into a neurological clinical decision algorithm to evaluate the indication for lumbar puncture.
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- Anmar Abdul-Rahman
- Department of Ophthalmology, Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Morgan WH, Vukmirovic A, Abdul-Rahman A, Khoo YJ, Kermode AG, Lind CR, Dunuwille J, Yu DY. Zero retinal vein pulsation amplitude extrapolated model in non-invasive intracranial pressure estimation. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5190. [PMID: 35338201 PMCID: PMC8956690 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09151-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) includes the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord pressures; it influences blood flow to those structures. Pathological elevation in ICP results in structural damage through various mechanisms, which adversely affects outcomes in traumatic brain injury and stroke. Currently, invasive procedures which tap directly into the cerebrospinal fluid are required to measure this pressure. Recent fluidic engineering modelling analogous to the ocular vascular flow suggests that retinal venous pulse amplitudes are predictably influenced by downstream pressures, suggesting that ICP could be estimated by analysing this pulse signal. We used this modelling theory and our photoplethysmographic (PPG) retinal venous pulse amplitude measurement system to measure amplitudes in 30 subjects undergoing invasive ICP measurements by lumbar puncture (LP) or external ventricular drain (EVD). We estimated ICP from these amplitudes using this modelling and found it to be accurate with a mean absolute error of 3.0 mmHg and a slope of 1.00 (r = 0.91). Ninety-four percent of differences between the PPG and invasive method were between − 5.5 and + 4.0 mmHg, which compares favourably to comparisons between LP and EVD. This type of modelling may be useful for understanding retinal vessel pulsatile fluid dynamics and may provide a method for non-invasive ICP measurement.
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- W H Morgan
- Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.,Department of Ophthalmology, Counties Manukau DHB, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, Perron Institute AU, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.,Institute for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Neurosurgical Service of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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- Lions Eye Institute, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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Mládek A, Gerla V, Šeba P, Kolář V, Skalický P, Whitley H, Lhotská L, Beneš V, Bradáč O. From head micro-motions towards CSF dynamics and non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14349. [PMID: 34253803 PMCID: PMC8275772 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93740-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Continuous monitoring of the intracranial pressure (ICP) is essential in neurocritical care. There are a variety of ICP monitoring systems currently available, with the intraventricular fluid filled catheter transducer currently representing the “gold standard”. As the placement of catheters is associated with the attendant risk of infection, hematoma formation, and seizures, there is a need for a reliable, non-invasive alternative. In the present study we suggest a unique theoretical framework based on differential geometry invariants of cranial micro-motions with the potential for continuous non-invasive ICP monitoring in conservative traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment. As a proof of this concept, we have developed a pillow with embedded mechanical sensors and collected an extensive dataset (> 550 h on 24 TBI coma patients) of cranial micro-motions and the reference intraparenchymal ICP. From the multidimensional pulsatile curve we calculated the first Cartan curvature and constructed a ”fingerprint” image (Cartan map) associated with the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics. The Cartan map features maxima bands corresponding to a pressure wave reflection corresponding to a detectable skull tremble. We give evidence for a statistically significant and patient-independent correlation between skull micro-motions and ICP time derivative. Our unique differential geometry-based method yields a broader and global perspective on intracranial CSF dynamics compared to rather local catheter-based measurement and has the potential for wider applications.
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- Arnošt Mládek
- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, 1St Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Cognitive Systems and Neurosciences, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cognitive Systems and Neurosciences, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Technical Development, LINET Spol. S.R.O, Slaný, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, 1St Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Neurosurgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, 1St Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cognitive Systems and Neurosciences, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, 1St Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, 1St Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Military University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. .,Department of Neurosurgery, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Moraes FMD, Silva GS. Noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring methods: a critical review. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2021; 79:437-446. [PMID: 34161530 DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring has been used for decades in management of various neurological conditions. The gold standard for measuring ICP is a ventricular catheter connected to an external strain gauge, which is an invasive system associated with a number of complications. Despite its limitations, no noninvasive ICP monitoring (niICP) method fulfilling the technical requirements for replacing invasive techniques has yet been developed, not even in cases requiring only ICP monitoring without cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. OBJECTIVES Here, we review the current methods for niICP monitoring. METHODS The different methods and approaches were grouped according to the mechanism used for detecting elevated ICP or its associated consequences. RESULTS The main approaches reviewed here were: physical examination, brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography), indirect ICP estimation techniques (fundoscopy, tympanic membrane displacement, skull elasticity, optic nerve sheath ultrasound), cerebral blood flow evaluation (transcranial Doppler, ophthalmic artery Doppler), metabolic changes measurements (near-infrared spectroscopy) and neurophysiological studies (electroencephalogram, visual evoked potential, otoacoustic emissions). CONCLUSION In terms of accuracy, reliability and therapeutic options, intraventricular catheter systems still remain the gold standard method. However, with advances in technology, noninvasive monitoring methods have become more relevant. Further evidence is needed before noninvasive methods for ICP monitoring or estimation become a more widespread alternative to invasive techniques.
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- Fabiano Moulin de Moraes
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Unidade Neurovascular, São Paulo SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Unidade Neurovascular, São Paulo SP, Brazil
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Lucinskas P, Deimantavicius M, Bartusis L, Zakelis R, Misiulis E, Dziugys A, Hamarat Y. Human ophthalmic artery as a sensor for non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring: numerical modeling and in vivo pilot study. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4736. [PMID: 33637806 PMCID: PMC7910574 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83777-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is important in managing neurosurgical, neurological, and ophthalmological patients with open-angle glaucoma. Non-invasive two-depth transcranial Doppler (TCD) technique is used in a novel method for ICP snapshot measurement that has been previously investigated prospectively, and the results showed clinically acceptable accuracy and precision. The aim of this study was to investigate possibility of using the ophthalmic artery (OA) as a pressure sensor for continuous ICP monitoring. First, numerical modeling was done to investigate the possibility, and then a pilot clinical study was conducted to compare two-depth TCD-based non-invasive ICP monitoring data with readings from an invasive Codman ICP microsensor from patients with severe traumatic brain injury. The numerical modeling showed that the systematic error of non-invasive ICP monitoring was < 1.0 mmHg after eliminating the intraorbital and blood pressure gradient. In a clinical study, a total of 1928 paired data points were collected, and the extreme data points of measured differences between invasive and non-invasive ICP were - 3.94 and 4.68 mmHg (95% CI - 2.55 to 2.72). The total mean and SD were 0.086 ± 1.34 mmHg, and the correlation coefficient was 0.94. The results show that the OA can be used as a linear natural pressure sensor and that it could potentially be possible to monitor the ICP for up to 1 h without recalibration.
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- Paulius Lucinskas
- grid.6901.e0000 0001 1091 4533Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Barsausko Str. 59-A556, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.6901.e0000 0001 1091 4533Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Barsausko Str. 59-A556, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.6901.e0000 0001 1091 4533Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Barsausko Str. 59-A556, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.6901.e0000 0001 1091 4533Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Barsausko Str. 59-A556, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.20653.320000 0001 2228 249XLaboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos Str. 3, 44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.20653.320000 0001 2228 249XLaboratory of Combustion Processes, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos Str. 3, 44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- grid.6901.e0000 0001 1091 4533Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Barsausko Str. 59-A556, 51423 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Kienzler JC, Zakelis R, Bäbler S, Remonda E, Ragauskas A, Fandino J. Validation of Noninvasive Absolute Intracranial Pressure Measurements in Traumatic Brain Injury and Intracranial Hemorrhage. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2020; 16:186-196. [PMID: 29726988 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opy088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) causes secondary damage in traumatic brain injury (TBI), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). Current methods of ICP monitoring require surgery and carry risks of complications. OBJECTIVE To validate a new instrument for noninvasive ICP measurement by comparing values obtained from noninvasive measurements to those from commercial implantable devices through this pilot study. METHODS The ophthalmic artery (OA) served as a natural ICP sensor. ICP measurements obtained using noninvasive, self-calibrating device utilizing Doppler ultrasound to evaluate OA flow were compared to standard implantable ICP measurement probes. RESULTS A total of 78 simultaneous, paired, invasive, and noninvasive ICP measurements were obtained in 11 ICU patients over a 17-mo period with the diagnosis of TBI, SAH, or ICH. A total of 24 paired data points were initially excluded because of questions about data independence. Analysis of variance was performed first on the 54 remaining data points and then on the entire set of 78 data points. There was no difference between the 2 groups nor was there any correlation between type of sensor and the patient (F[10, 43] = 1.516, P = .167), or the accuracy and precision of noninvasive ICP measurements (F[1, 43] = 0.511, P = .479). Accuracy was [-1.130; 0.539] mm Hg (CL = 95%). Patient-specific calibration was not needed. Standard deviation (precision) was [1.632; 2.396] mm Hg (CL = 95%). No adverse events were encountered. CONCLUSION This pilot study revealed no significant differences between invasive and noninvasive ICP measurements (P < .05), suggesting that noninvasive ICP measurements obtained by this method are comparable and reliable.
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- Jenny C Kienzler
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.,Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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Heldt T, Zoerle T, Teichmann D, Stocchetti N. Intracranial Pressure and Intracranial Elastance Monitoring in Neurocritical Care. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2020; 21:523-549. [PMID: 31167100 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-060418-052257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Patients with acute brain injuries tend to be physiologically unstable and at risk of rapid and potentially life-threatening decompensation due to shifts in intracranial compartment volumes and consequent intracranial hypertension. Invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring therefore remains a cornerstone of modern neurocritical care, despite the attendant risks of infection and damage to brain tissue arising from the surgical placement of a catheter or pressure transducer into the cerebrospinal fluid or brain tissue compartments. In addition to ICP monitoring, tracking of the intracranial capacity to buffer shifts in compartment volumes would help in the assessment of patient state, inform clinical decision making, and guide therapeutic interventions. We review the anatomy, physiology, and current technology relevant to clinical management of patients with acute brain injury and outline unmet clinical needs to advance patient monitoring in neurocritical care.
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- Thomas Heldt
- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA; .,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA;
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- Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; ,
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- Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA;
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- Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy; , .,Department of Physiopathology and Transplant Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
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Kienzler JC, Zakelis R, Marbacher S, Bäbler S, Schwyzer L, Remonda E, Fandino J. Changing the paradigm of intracranial hypertension in brain tumor patients: a study based on non-invasive ICP measurements. BMC Neurol 2020; 20:268. [PMID: 32631262 PMCID: PMC7336443 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-020-01837-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The ultrasound based non-invasive ICP measurement method has been recently validated. Correlation of symptoms and signs of intracranial hypertension with actual ICP measurements in patients with large intracranial tumors is controversial. The purpose of this study was to assess ICP in patients with brain tumors, presenting with neurological signs and symptoms of elevated ICP and to further evaluate the value and utility of non-invasive ICP monitoring. METHODS Twenty patients underwent non-invasive ICP measurement using a two-depth transcranial Doppler ultrasound designed to simultaneously compare pulse dynamics in the proximal (intracranial), and the distal (extracranial) intraorbital segments of the ophthalmic artery through the closed eyelid. RESULTS Forty-eight measurements were analyzed. Radiological characteristics included tumor volume (range = 5.45-220.27cm3, mean = 48.81 cm3), perilesional edema (range = 0-238.27cm3, mean = 74.40 cm3), and midline shift (mean = 3.99 mm). All ICP measurements were in the normal range of 7-16 mmHg (ICPmean: 9.19 mmHg). The correlation of demographics, clinical and radiological variables in a bivariate association, showed a statistically significant correlation with neurological deficits and ICPmax (p = 0.02) as well as ICPmean (p = 0.01). The correlation between ICP and neurological deficits, showed a negative value of the estimate. The ICP was not increased in all cases, whether ipsilateral nor contralateral to the tumor. The multivariate model analysis demonstrated that neurological deficits were associated with lower ICPmax values, whereas maximum tumor diameter was associated with larger ICPmax values. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that ICP in patients with intracranial tumors and mass effect is not necessarily increased. Therefore, clinical signs of intracranial hypertension do not necessarily reflect increased ICP.
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- Jenny C Kienzler
- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland.,Kaunas University of Technology, Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstrasse, CH-5001, Aarau, Switzerland
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Canac N, Jalaleddini K, Thorpe SG, Thibeault CM, Hamilton RB. Review: pathophysiology of intracranial hypertension and noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring. Fluids Barriers CNS 2020; 17:40. [PMID: 32576216 PMCID: PMC7310456 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-020-00201-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) is crucial in the management of many neurological conditions. However, due to the invasiveness, high cost, and required expertise of available ICP monitoring techniques, many patients who could benefit from ICP monitoring do not receive it. As a result, there has been a substantial effort to explore and develop novel noninvasive ICP monitoring techniques to improve the overall clinical care of patients who may be suffering from ICP disorders. This review attempts to summarize the general pathophysiology of ICP, discuss the importance and current state of ICP monitoring, and describe the many methods that have been proposed for noninvasive ICP monitoring. These noninvasive methods can be broken down into four major categories: fluid dynamic, otic, ophthalmic, and electrophysiologic. Each category is discussed in detail along with its associated techniques and their advantages, disadvantages, and reported accuracy. A particular emphasis in this review will be dedicated to methods based on the use of transcranial Doppler ultrasound. At present, it appears that the available noninvasive methods are either not sufficiently accurate, reliable, or robust enough for widespread clinical adoption or require additional independent validation. However, several methods appear promising and through additional study and clinical validation, could eventually make their way into clinical practice.
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M Imaduddin S, Fanelli A, Vonberg FW, Tasker RC, Heldt T. Pseudo-Bayesian Model-Based Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Estimation and Tracking. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2019; 67:1604-1615. [PMID: 31535978 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2019.2940929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A noninvasive intracranial pressure (ICP) estimation method is proposed that incorporates a model-based approach within a probabilistic framework to mitigate the effects of data and modeling uncertainties. METHODS A first-order model of the cerebral vasculature relates measured arterial blood pressure (ABP) and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) to ICP. The model is driven by the ABP waveform and is solved for a range of mean ICP values to predict the CBFV waveform. The resulting errors between measured and predicted CBFV are transformed into likelihoods for each candidate ICP in two steps. First, a baseline ICP estimate is established over five data windows of 20 beats by combining the likelihoods with a prior distribution of the ICP to yield an a posteriori distribution whose median is taken as the baseline ICP estimate. A single-state model of cerebral autoregulatory dynamics is then employed in subsequent data windows to track changes in the baseline by combining ICP estimates obtained with a uniform prior belief and model-predicted ICP. For each data window, the estimated model parameters are also used to determine the ICP pulse pressure. RESULTS On a dataset of thirteen pediatric patients with a variety of pathological conditions requiring invasive ICP monitoring, the method yielded for mean ICP estimation a bias (mean error) of 0.6 mmHg and a root-mean-squared error of 3.7 mmHg. CONCLUSION These performance characteristics are well within the acceptable range for clinical decision making. SIGNIFICANCE The method proposed here constitutes a significant step towards robust, continuous, patient-specific noninvasive ICP determination.
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The Role of Transcranial Doppler as a Monitoring Tool in the Neurocritical Care Unit. Neurocrit Care 2019. [DOI: 10.1017/9781107587908.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hamarat Y, Deimantavicius M, Kalvaitis E, Siaudvytyte L, Januleviciene I, Zakelis R, Bartusis L. Location of the internal carotid artery and ophthalmic artery segments for non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement by multi-depth TCD. Libyan J Med 2018; 12:1384290. [PMID: 28982295 PMCID: PMC7182302 DOI: 10.1080/19932820.2017.1384290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to locate the ophthalmic artery by using the edge of the internal carotid artery (ICA) as the reference depth to perform a reliable non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement via a multi-depth transcranial Doppler device and to then determine the positions and angles of an ultrasonic transducer (UT) on the closed eyelid in the case of located segments. High tension glaucoma (HTG) patients and healthy volunteers (HVs) undergoing non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement were selected for this prospective study. The depth of the edge of the ICA was identified, followed by a selection of the depths of the IOA and EOA segments. The positions and angles of the UT on the closed eyelid were measured. The mean depth of the identified ICA edge for HTG patients was 64.3 mm and was 63.0 mm for HVs (p = 0.21). The mean depth of the selected IOA segment for HTG patients was 59.2 mm and 59.3 mm for HVs (p = 0.91). The mean depth of the selected EOA segment for HTG patients was 48.5 mm and 49.8 mm for HVs (p = 0.14). The difference in the located depths of the segments between groups was not statistically significant. The results showed a significant difference in the measured UT angles in the case of the identified edge of the ICA and selected ophthalmic artery segments (p = 0.0002). We demonstrated that locating the IOA and EOA segments can be achieved using the edge of the ICA as a reference point. Abbreviations: OA: ophthalmic artery; IOA: intracranial segments of the ophthalmic artery; EOA: extracranial segments of the ophthalmic artery; ICA: internal carotid artery; UT: ultrasonic transducer; HTG: high tension glaucoma; SD: standard deviation; ICP: intracranial pressure; TCD: transcranial Doppler
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- Yasin Hamarat
- a Health Telematics Science Institute , Kaunas University of Technology , Kaunas , Lithuania
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- a Health Telematics Science Institute , Kaunas University of Technology , Kaunas , Lithuania
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- a Health Telematics Science Institute , Kaunas University of Technology , Kaunas , Lithuania
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- b Eye Clinic , Lithuanian University of Health Sciences , Kaunas , Lithuania
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- a Health Telematics Science Institute , Kaunas University of Technology , Kaunas , Lithuania
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- a Health Telematics Science Institute , Kaunas University of Technology , Kaunas , Lithuania
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Hamarat Y, Bartusis L, Deimantavicius M, Siaudvytyte L, Januleviciene I, Ragauskas A, Bershad EM, Fandino J, Kienzler J, Remonda E, Matijosaitis V, Rastenyte D, Petrikonis K, Berskiene K, Zakelis R. Graphical and statistical analyses of the oculocardiac reflex during a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196155. [PMID: 29672564 PMCID: PMC5909620 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the incidence of the oculocardiac reflex during a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement when gradual external pressure was applied to the orbital tissues and eye. METHODS Patients (n = 101) and healthy volunteers (n = 56) aged 20-75 years who underwent a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement were included in this retrospective oculocardiac reflex analysis. Prespecified thresholds greater than a 10% or 20% decrease in the heart rate from baseline were used to determine the incidence of the oculocardiac reflex. RESULTS None of the subjects had a greater than 20% decrease in heart rate from baseline. Four subjects had a greater than 10% decrease in heart rate from baseline, representing 0.9% of the total pressure steps. Three of these subjects were healthy volunteers, and one was a glaucoma patient. CONCLUSION The incidence of the oculocardiac reflex during a non-invasive intracranial pressure measurement procedure was very low and not associated with any clinically relevant effects.
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- Yasin Hamarat
- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Eye Clinic, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Sports Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Jóhannesson G, Eklund A, Lindén C. Intracranial and Intraocular Pressure at the Lamina Cribrosa: Gradient Effects. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2018; 18:25. [PMID: 29651628 PMCID: PMC5897485 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-018-0831-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW A pressure difference between the intraocular and intracranial compartments at the site of the lamina cribrosa has been hypothesized to have a pathophysiological role in several optic nerve head diseases. This paper reviews the current literature on the translamina cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD), the associated pressure gradient, and its potential pathophysiological role, as well as the methodology to assess TLCPD. RECENT FINDINGS For normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), initial studies indicated low intracranial pressure (ICP) while recent findings indicate that a reduced ICP is not mandatory. Data from studies on the elevated TLCPD as a pathophysiological factor of NTG are equivocal. From the identification of potential postural effects on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) communication between the intracranial and retrolaminar space, we hypothesize that the missing link could be a dysfunction of an occlusion mechanism of the optic nerve sheath around the optic nerve. In upright posture, this could cause an elevated TLCPD even with normal ICP and we suggest that this should be investigated as a pathophysiological component in NTG patients.
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- Gauti Jóhannesson
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. .,Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Ophthalmology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Analysis of a Non-invasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Method in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA SUPPLEMENT 2018; 126:107-110. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65798-1_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Zhang X, Medow JE, Iskandar BJ, Wang F, Shokoueinejad M, Koueik J, Webster JG. Invasive and noninvasive means of measuring intracranial pressure: a review. Physiol Meas 2017; 38:R143-R182. [PMID: 28489610 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aa7256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) can be invaluable in the management of critically ill patients. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by the choroid plexus in the brain ventricles (a set of communicating chambers), after which it circulates through the different ventricles and exits into the subarachnoid space around the brain, where it is reabsorbed into the venous system. If the fluid does not drain out of the brain or get reabsorbed, the ICP increases, which may lead to brain damage or death. ICP elevation accompanied by dilatation of the cerebral ventricles is termed hydrocephalus, whereas ICP elevation accompanied by normal or small ventricles is termed idiopathic intracranial hypertension. OBJECTIVE We performed a comprehensive literature review on how to measure ICP invasively and noninvasively. APPROACH This review discusses the advantages and disadvantages of current invasive and noninvasive approaches. MAIN RESULTS Invasive methods remain the most accurate at measuring ICP, but they are prone to a variety of complications including infection, hemorrhage and neurological deficits. Ventricular catheters remain the gold standard but also carry the highest risk of complications, including difficult or incorrect placement. Direct telemetric intraparenchymal ICP monitoring devices are a good alternative. Noninvasive methods for measuring and evaluating ICP have been developed and classified in five broad categories, but have not been reliable enough to use on a routine basis. These methods include the fluid dynamic, ophthalmic, otic, and electrophysiologic methods, as well as magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD), cerebral blood flow velocity, near-infrared spectroscopy, transcranial time-of-flight, spontaneous venous pulsations, venous ophthalmodynamometry, optical coherence tomography of retina, optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) assessment, pupillometry constriction, sensing tympanic membrane displacement, analyzing otoacoustic emissions/acoustic measure, transcranial acoustic signals, visual-evoked potentials, electroencephalography, skull vibrations, brain tissue resonance and the jugular vein. SIGNIFICANCE This review provides a current perspective of invasive and noninvasive ICP measurements, along with a sense of their relative strengths, drawbacks and areas for further improvement. At present, none of the noninvasive methods demonstrates sufficient accuracy and ease of use while allowing continuous monitoring in routine clinical use. However, they provide a realizable ICP measurement in specific patients especially when invasive monitoring is contraindicated or unavailable. Among all noninvasive ICP measurement methods, ONSD and TCD are attractive and may be useful in selected settings though they cannot be used as invasive ICP measurement substitutes. For a sufficiently accurate and universal continuous ICP monitoring method/device, future research and developments are needed to integrate further refinements of the existing methods, combine telemetric sensors and/or technologies, and validate large numbers of clinical studies on relevant patient populations.
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- Xuan Zhang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States of America
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Misiulis E, Džiugys A, Navakas R, Striūgas N. A fluid-structure interaction model of the internal carotid and ophthalmic arteries for the noninvasive intracranial pressure measurement method. Comput Biol Med 2017; 84:79-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Herbowski L. The major influence of the atmosphere on intracranial pressure: an observational study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2017; 61:181-188. [PMID: 27333899 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1202-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The impact of the atmosphere on human physiology has been studied widely within the last years. In practice, intracranial pressure is a pressure difference between intracranial compartments and the surrounding atmosphere. This means that gauge intracranial pressure uses atmospheric pressure as its zero point, and therefore, this method of pressure measurement excludes the effects of barometric pressure's fluctuation. The comparison of these two physical quantities can only take place through their absolute value relationship. The aim of this study is to investigate the direct effect of barometric pressure on the absolute intracranial pressure homeostasis. A prospective observational cross-sectional open study was conducted in Szczecin, Poland. In 28 neurosurgical patients with suspected normal-pressure hydrocephalus, intracranial intraventricular pressure was monitored in a sitting position. A total of 168 intracranial pressure and atmospheric pressure measurements were performed. Absolute atmospheric pressure was recorded directly. All values of intracranial gauge pressure were converted to absolute pressure (the sum of gauge intracranial pressure and local absolute atmospheric pressure). The average absolute mean intracranial pressure in the patients is 1006.6 hPa (95 % CI 1004.5 to 1008.8 hPa, SEM 1.1), and the mean absolute atmospheric pressure is 1007.9 hPa (95 % CI 1006.3 to 1009.6 hPa, SEM 0.8). The observed association between atmospheric and intracranial pressure is strongly significant (Spearman correlation r = 0.87, p < 0.05) and all the measurements are perfectly reliable (Bland-Altman coefficient is 4.8 %). It appears from this study that changes in absolute intracranial pressure are related to seasonal variation. Absolute intracranial pressure is shown to be impacted positively by atmospheric pressure.
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- Leszek Herbowski
- Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology Department, District Hospital, Arkonska 4, 71-455, Szczecin, Poland.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure and Glaucoma. CURRENT OPHTHALMOLOGY REPORTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40135-016-0110-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Assessing intracranial pressure (ICP) remains a cornerstone in neurosurgical care. Invasive techniques for monitoring ICP remain the gold standard. The need for a reliable, safe and reproducible technique to non-invasively assess ICP in the context of early screening and in the neurocritical care environment is obvious. Numerous techniques have been described with several novel advances. While none of the currently available techniques appear independently accurate enough to quantify raised ICP, there is some promising work being undertaken.
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Robba C, Bacigaluppi S, Cardim D, Donnelly J, Bertuccio A, Czosnyka M. Non-invasive assessment of intracranial pressure. Acta Neurol Scand 2016; 134:4-21. [PMID: 26515159 DOI: 10.1111/ane.12527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) is invaluable in the management of neurosurgical and neurological critically ill patients. Invasive measurement of ventricular or parenchymal pressure is considered the gold standard for accurate measurement of ICP but is not always possible due to certain risks. Therefore, the availability of accurate methods to non-invasively estimate ICP has the potential to improve the management of these vulnerable patients. This review provides a comparative description of different methods for non-invasive ICP measurement. Current methods are based on changes associated with increased ICP, both morphological (assessed with magnetic resonance, computed tomography, ultrasound, and fundoscopy) and physiological (assessed with transcranial and ophthalmic Doppler, tympanometry, near-infrared spectroscopy, electroencephalography, visual-evoked potentials, and otoacoustic emissions assessment). At present, none of the non-invasive techniques alone seem suitable as a substitute for invasive monitoring. However, following the present analysis and considerations upon each technique, we propose a possible flowchart based on the combination of non-invasive techniques including those characterizing morphologic changes (e.g., repetitive US measurements of ONSD) and those characterizing physiological changes (e.g., continuous TCD). Such an integrated approach, which still needs to be validated in clinical practice, could aid in deciding whether to place an invasive monitor, or how to titrate therapy when invasive ICP measurement is contraindicated or unavailable.
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- C. Robba
- Neurosciences Critical Care Unit; Addenbrooke's Hospital; Cambridge United Kingdom
- Brain Physics Lab; Division of Neurosurgery; Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Cambridge; United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery; Galliera Hospital; Genova Italy
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- Brain Physics Lab; Division of Neurosurgery; Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Cambridge; United Kingdom
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- Brain Physics Lab; Division of Neurosurgery; Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Cambridge; United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery; S. George's Hospital; University of London; United Kingdom
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- Brain Physics Lab; Division of Neurosurgery; Department of Clinical Neurosciences; University of Cambridge; United Kingdom
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Krakauskaite S, Petkus V, Bartusis L, Zakelis R, Chomskis R, Preiksaitis A, Ragauskas A, Matijosaitis V, Petrikonis K, Rastenyte D. Accuracy, Precision, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Noninvasive ICP Absolute Value Measurements. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2016; 122:317-21. [PMID: 27165929 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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An innovative absolute intracranial pressure (ICP) value measurement method has been validated by multicenter comparative clinical studies. The method is based on two-depth transcranial Doppler (TCD) technology and uses intracranial and extracranial segments of the ophthalmic artery as pressure sensors. The ophthalmic artery is used as a natural pair of "scales" that compares ICP with controlled pressure Pe, which is externally applied to the orbit. To balance the scales, ICP = Pe a special two-depth TCD device was used as a pressure balance indicator. The proposed method is the only noninvasive ICP measurement method that does not need patient-specific calibration.
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- Solventa Krakauskaite
- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinic of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.,Department of Neurology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Neurology, Kaunas Clinics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Clinical Validation of a Transcranial Doppler-Based Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Meter: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study. World Neurosurg 2015; 89:647-653.e1. [PMID: 26724629 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 11/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Noninvasive intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement would represent a major advance for patients with neurological problems. The Vittamed ICP meter is an ultrasound-based device reported to have high agreement with lumbar puncture cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure measurement. However, previous studies included mostly patients with normal levels of ICP. The purpose of our study was to perform an independent clinical validation study of a transcranial Doppler-based noninvasive ICP meter in patients anticipated to have a wide range of ICP. METHODS In a prospective cross-sectional design, we simultaneously measured ICP with the Vittamed device and the invasive lumbar CSF pressure. The operator of each procedure was blinded to the result of the other method. Data were analyzed using Bland-Altman plots, Pearson correlation coefficients, and receiver operator characteristic curves. RESULTS Twenty-four independent paired measurements of Vittamed and lumbar CSF pressure were obtained; with mean absolute difference between paired measures of 4.5 mmHg (standard deviation 3.1). The 95% limits of agreement were -10.5 to +11.0. The systematic bias (mean of paired differences) was negligible at 0.25 mmHg. The sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve for ICP >20 mmHg were 0.73, 0.77, and 0.71, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The Vittamed ICP meter had fair agreement with lumbar CSF pressure measurement. The wide limits of agreement would preclude using this version of the device as a stand-alone method for ICP determination, but may be useful if combined with other ICP screening methods. Ongoing improvements to the Vittamed hardware and software may lead to improvements in accuracy and clinical utility of this device.
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Facts and myths of cerebrospinal fluid pressure for the physiology of the eye. Prog Retin Eye Res 2015; 46:67-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Morgan WH, Balaratnasingam C, Lind CRP, Colley S, Kang MH, House PH, Yu DY. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the eye. Br J Ophthalmol 2015; 100:71-7. [DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-306705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Siaudvytyte L, Januleviciene I, Ragauskas A, Bartusis L, Siesky B, Harris A. Update in intracranial pressure evaluation methods and translaminar pressure gradient role in glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 2015; 93:9-15. [PMID: 25043873 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Historically, it has been considered an ocular disease primary caused by pathological intraocular pressure (IOP). Recently, researchers have emphasized intracranial pressure (ICP), as translaminar counter pressure against IOP may play a role in glaucoma development and progression. It remains controversial what is the best way to measure ICP in glaucoma. Currently, the 'gold standard' for ICP measurement is invasive measurement of the pressure in the cerebrospinal fluid via lumbar puncture or via implantation of the pressure sensor into the brains ventricle. However, the direct measurements of ICP are not without risk due to its invasiveness and potential risk of intracranial haemorrhage and infection. Therefore, invasive ICP measurements are prohibitive due to safety needs, especially in glaucoma patients. Several approaches have been proposed to estimate ICP non-invasively, including transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, tympanic membrane displacement, ophthalmodynamometry, measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter and two-depth transcranial Doppler technology. Special emphasis is put on the two-depth transcranial Doppler technology, which uses an ophthalmic artery as a natural ICP sensor. It is the only method which accurately and precisely measures absolute ICP values and may provide valuable information in glaucoma.
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- Lina Siaudvytyte
- Eye Clinic Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania
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- Health Telematics Science Centre of Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas Lithuania
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- Eye Clinic Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania
- Health Telematics Science Centre of Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas Lithuania
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- Glaucoma Research and Diagnostic Center Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis IN USA
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- Eye Clinic Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania
- Glaucoma Research and Diagnostic Center Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis IN USA
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The difference in translaminar pressure gradient and neuroretinal rim area in glaucoma and healthy subjects. J Ophthalmol 2014; 2014:937360. [PMID: 24876948 PMCID: PMC4021754 DOI: 10.1155/2014/937360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Purpose. To assess differences in translaminar pressure gradient (TPG) and neuroretinal rim area (NRA) in patients with normal tension glaucoma (NTG), high tension glaucoma (HTG), and healthy controls. Methods. 27 patients with NTG, HTG, and healthy controls were included in the prospective pilot study (each group consisted of 9 patients). Intraocular pressure (IOP), intracranial pressure (ICP), and confocal laser scanning tomography were assessed. TPG was calculated as the difference of IOP minus ICP. ICP was measured using noninvasive two-depth transcranial Doppler device. The level of significance P < 0.05 was considered significant. Results. NTG patients had significantly lower IOP (13.7(1.6) mmHg), NRA (0.97(0.36) mm(2)), comparing with HTG and healthy subjects, P < 0.05. ICP was lower in NTG (7.4(2.7) mmHg), compared with HTG (8.9(1.9) mmHg) and healthy subjects (10.5(3.0) mmHg); however, the difference between groups was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). The difference between TPG for healthy (5.4(7.7) mmHg) and glaucomatous eyes (NTG 6.3(3.1) mmHg, HTG 15.7(7.7) mmHg) was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Higher TPG was correlated with decreased NRA (r = -0.83; P = 0.01) in the NTG group. Conclusion. Translaminar pressure gradient was higher in glaucoma patients. Reduction of NRA was related to higher TPG in NTG patients. Further prospective studies are warranted to investigate the involvement of TPG in glaucoma management.
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Ragauskas A, Bartusis L, Piper I, Zakelis R, Matijosaitis V, Petrikonis K, Rastenyte D. Improved diagnostic value of a TCD-based non-invasive ICP measurement method compared with the sonographic ONSD method for detecting elevated intracranial pressure. Neurol Res 2014; 36:607-14. [DOI: 10.1179/1743132813y.0000000308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Marzban C, Illian PR, Morison D, Moore A, Kliot M, Czosnyka M, Mourad PD. A method for estimating zero-flow pressure and intracranial pressure. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2013; 25:25-32. [PMID: 22824923 PMCID: PMC3524356 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0b013e318263c295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been hypothesized that the critical closing pressure of cerebral circulation, or zero-flow pressure (ZFP), can estimate intracranial pressure (ICP). One ZFP estimation method used extrapolation of arterial blood pressure as against blood-flow velocity. The aim of this study was to improve ICP predictions. METHODS Two revisions have been considered: (1) the linear model used for extrapolation is extended to a nonlinear equation; and (2) the parameters of the model are estimated by an alternative criterion (not least squares). The method is applied to data on transcranial Doppler measurements of blood-flow velocity, arterial blood pressure, and ICP from 104 patients suffering from closed traumatic brain injury, sampled across the United States and England. RESULTS The revisions lead to qualitative (eg, precluding negative ICP) and quantitative improvements in ICP prediction. While moving from the original to the revised method, the ±2 SD of the error is reduced from 33 to 24 mm Hg, and the root-mean-squared error is reduced from 11 to 8.2 mm Hg. The distribution of root-mean-squared error is tighter as well; for the revised method the 25th and 75th percentiles are 4.1 and 13.7 mm Hg, respectively, as compared with 5.1 and 18.8 mm Hg for the original method. CONCLUSIONS Proposed alterations to a procedure for estimating ZFP lead to more accurate and more precise estimates of ICP, thereby offering improved means of estimating it noninvasively. The quality of the estimates is inadequate for many applications, but further work is proposed, which may lead to clinically useful results.
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- Caren Marzban
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Kim S, Hamilton R, Pineles S, Bergsneider M, Hu X. Noninvasive intracranial hypertension detection utilizing semisupervised learning. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2012. [PMID: 23193303 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2012.2227477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is an established clinical practice in managing patients with risk of acute ICP elevation although the clinically accepted way of measuring ICP remains invasive. However, the invasive nature of ICP measurement obviates its application in many clinical circumstances such as diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IH). We propose a noninvasive diagnostic tool for IH based on the morphological analysis of cerebral blood flow velocity waveforms. We mainly compare two types of IH detection methods: one based on the traditional supervised learning approach and the other based on the semisupervised learning approach. Our simulation results demonstrate that the predictive accuracy (area under the curve) of the semisupervised IH detection method can be as high as 92% while that of the supervised IH detection method is only around 82%. It should be noted that the predictive accuracy of the pulsatility index (PI)-based IH detection method is as low as 59%. Although the predictive accuracy is a widely used accuracy measurement, it does not consider clinical consequences of necessary and unnecessary treatments. For this reason, we have adopted the decision curve analysis to address this issue. The decision curve analysis results show that the semisupervised IH detection method is not only more accurate, but also clinically more useful than the supervised IH detection method or the PI-based IH detection method.
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- Sunghan Kim
- Department of Engineering, College of Technology and Computer Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
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Kashif FM, Verghese GC, Novak V, Czosnyka M, Heldt T. Model-based noninvasive estimation of intracranial pressure from cerebral blood flow velocity and arterial pressure. Sci Transl Med 2012; 4:129ra44. [PMID: 22496546 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) is affected in many neurological conditions. Clinical measurement of pressure on the brain currently requires placing a probe in the cerebrospinal fluid compartment, the brain tissue, or other intracranial space. This invasiveness limits the measurement to critically ill patients. Because ICP is also clinically important in conditions ranging from brain tumors and hydrocephalus to concussions, noninvasive determination of ICP would be desirable. Our model-based approach to continuous estimation and tracking of ICP uses routinely obtainable time-synchronized, noninvasive (or minimally invasive) measurements of peripheral arterial blood pressure and blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery (MCA), both at intra-heartbeat resolution. A physiological model of cerebrovascular dynamics provides mathematical constraints that relate the measured waveforms to ICP. Our algorithm produces patient-specific ICP estimates with no calibration or training. Using 35 hours of data from 37 patients with traumatic brain injury, we generated ICP estimates on 2665 nonoverlapping 60-beat data windows. Referenced against concurrently recorded invasive parenchymal ICP that varied over 100 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) across all records, our estimates achieved a mean error (bias) of 1.6 mmHg and SD of error (SDE) of 7.6 mmHg. For the 1673 data windows over 22 hours in which blood flow velocity recordings were available from both the left and the right MCA, averaging the resulting bilateral ICP estimates reduced the bias to 1.5 mmHg and SDE to 5.9 mmHg. This accuracy is already comparable to that of some invasive ICP measurement methods in current clinical use.
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- Faisal M Kashif
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Zweifel C, Czosnyka M, Carrera E, de Riva N, Pickard JD, Smielewski P. Reliability of the Blood Flow Velocity Pulsatility Index for Assessment of Intracranial and Cerebral Perfusion Pressures in Head-Injured Patients. Neurosurgery 2012; 71:853-61. [DOI: 10.1227/neu.0b013e3182675b42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND:
It has been postulated that the Gosling pulsatility index (PI) assessed with transcranial Doppler (TCD) has a diagnostic value for noninvasive estimation of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP).
OBJECTIVE:
To revisit this hypothesis with the use of a database of digitally stored signals from a cohort of head-injured patients.
METHODS:
We analyzed prospectively collected data of patients admitted to the Cambridge Neuroscience critical care unit who had continuous recordings of arterial blood pressure, ICP, and cerebral blood flow velocities (FVs) using TCD. PI was calculated (FVsys − FVdia)/FVmean over each recording session. Statistical analysis was performed using Spearman rank correlation, receiver-operator-characteristics methods, and modeling of a nonlinear PI-ICP/CPP graph.
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Seven hundred sixty-two recorded daily sessions from 290 patients were analyzed with a total recording time of 499.9 hours. The correlation between PI and ICP was 0.31 (P < .001) and for PI and CPP -0.41 (P < .001). The 95% prediction interval of ICP values for a given PI was more than ±15 mm Hg and for CPP more than ±25 mm Hg. The diagnostic value of PI to assess ICP area under the curve ranged from 0.62 (ICP >15 mm Hg) to 0.74 (ICP >35 mm Hg). For CPP, the area under the curve ranged from 0.68 (CPP <70 mm Hg) to 0.81 (CPP <50 mm Hg). Probability charts for elevated ICP/lowered CPP depending on PI were created.
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Overall, the value of TCD-PI to assess ICP and CPP noninvasively is very limited. However, extreme values of PI can still potentially be used in support of a decision for invasive ICP monitoring.
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- Christian Zweifel
- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Academic Neurosurgical Unit, University of Cambridge Clinical School, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Haddad SH, Arabi YM. Critical care management of severe traumatic brain injury in adults. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2012; 20:12. [PMID: 22304785 PMCID: PMC3298793 DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major medical and socio-economic problem, and is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. The critical care management of severe TBI is largely derived from the "Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" that have been published by the Brain Trauma Foundation. The main objectives are prevention and treatment of intracranial hypertension and secondary brain insults, preservation of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and optimization of cerebral oxygenation. In this review, the critical care management of severe TBI will be discussed with focus on monitoring, avoidance and minimization of secondary brain insults, and optimization of cerebral oxygenation and CPP.
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- Samir H Haddad
- Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Budohoski KP, Schmidt B, Smielewski P, Kasprowicz M, Plontke R, Pickard JD, Klingelhöfer J, Czosnyka M. Non-invasively estimated ICP pulse amplitude strongly correlates with outcome after TBI. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2012; 114:121-5. [PMID: 22327676 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0956-4_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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INTRODUCTION An existing monitoring database of brain signal recordings in patients with head injury has been re-evaluated with regard to the accuracy of estimation of non-invasive ICP (nICP) and its components, with a particular interest in the implications for outcome after head injury. METHODS Middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity (FV), ICP and arterial blood pressure (ABP) were recorded. Non-invasive ICP (nICP) was calculated using a mathematical model. Other signals analysed included components of ICP (n" indicates non-invasive): ICP pulse amplitude (Amp, nAmp), amplitude of the respiratory component (Resp, nResp), amplitude of slow vasogenic waves of ICP (Slow, nSlow) and index of compensatory reserve (RAP, nRAP). Mean values of analysed signals were compared against each other and between patients who died and survived. RESULTS The correlation between ICP and nICP was moderately strong, R = 0.51 (95% prediction interval [PI] 17 mm Hg). The components of nICP and ICP were also moderately correlated with each other: the strongest correlation was observed for Resp vs. nResp (r = 0.66), while weaker for Amp vs. nAmp (r = 0.41). Non-invasive pulse amplitude of ICP showed the strongest association with outcome, with the -difference between those who survived and those who died reaching a significance level of p < 0.000001. DISCUSSION When compared between patients who died and who survived mean nAmp showed the greatest difference, suggesting its potential to predict mortality after TBI.
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- Karol P Budohoski
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Wagshul ME, Eide PK, Madsen JR. The pulsating brain: A review of experimental and clinical studies of intracranial pulsatility. Fluids Barriers CNS 2011; 8:5. [PMID: 21349153 PMCID: PMC3042979 DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-8-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The maintenance of adequate blood flow to the brain is critical for normal brain function; cerebral blood flow, its regulation and the effect of alteration in this flow with disease have been studied extensively and are very well understood. This flow is not steady, however; the systolic increase in blood pressure over the cardiac cycle causes regular variations in blood flow into and throughout the brain that are synchronous with the heart beat. Because the brain is contained within the fixed skull, these pulsations in flow and pressure are in turn transferred into brain tissue and all of the fluids contained therein including cerebrospinal fluid. While intracranial pulsatility has not been a primary focus of the clinical community, considerable data have accrued over the last sixty years and new applications are emerging to this day. Investigators have found it a useful marker in certain diseases, particularly in hydrocephalus and traumatic brain injury where large changes in intracranial pressure and in the biomechanical properties of the brain can lead to significant changes in pressure and flow pulsatility. In this work, we review the history of intracranial pulsatility beginning with its discovery and early characterization, consider the specific technologies such as transcranial Doppler and phase contrast MRI used to assess various aspects of brain pulsations, and examine the experimental and clinical studies which have used pulsatility to better understand brain function in health and with disease.
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- Mark E Wagshul
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Xu P, Kasprowicz M, Bergsneider M, Hu X. Improved noninvasive intracranial pressure assessment with nonlinear kernel regression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 14:971-8. [PMID: 19643711 DOI: 10.1109/titb.2009.2027317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The only established technique for intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement is an invasive procedure requiring surgically penetrating the skull for placing pressure sensors. However, there are many clinical scenarios where a noninvasive assessment of ICP is highly desirable. With an assumption of a linear relationship among arterial blood pressure (ABP), ICP, and flow velocity (FV) of major cerebral arteries, an approach has been previously developed to estimate ICP noninvasively, the core of which is the linear estimation of the coefficients f between ABP and ICP from the coefficients w calculated between ABP and FV. In this paper, motivated by the fact that the relationships among these three signals are so complex that simple linear models may be not adequate to depict the relationship between these two coefficients, i.e., f and w , we investigate the adoption of several nonlinear kernel regression approaches, including kernel spectral regression (KSR) and support vector machine (SVM) to improve the original linear ICP estimation approach. The ICP estimation results on a dataset consisting of 446 entries from 23 patients show that the mean ICP error by the nonlinear approaches can be reduced to below 6.0 mmHg compared to 6.7 mmHg of the original approach. The statistical test also demonstrates that the ICP error by the proposed nonlinear kernel approaches is statistically smaller than that estimated with the original linear model (p < 0.05). The current result confirms the potential of using nonlinear regression to achieve more accurate noninvasive ICP assessment.
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- Peng Xu
- Neural Systems and Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Geeraerts T, Dubost C. Theme: Neurology - Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement as a risk marker for significant intracranial hypertension. Biomark Med 2009; 3:129-37. [DOI: 10.2217/bmm.09.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is a frequent condition in many medical and surgical situations and is often difficult to detect. Noninvasive estimates of raised ICP are of interest to allow rapid detection of significant intracranial hypertension. In the anterior part of the optic nerve, the sheath is distensible and can inflate in the case of raised pressure in the cerebrospinal fluid. Measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter using ocular sonography or MRI has been shown to correctly estimate the risk of raised ICP in various settings, including traumatic brain injury. Ocular sonography is simple, rapid, noninvasive and can be performed at the patient’s bedside, but it requires training and experience. The cut-off value for ICP greater than 20 mmHg is 5.8 mm, with a 90% probability of correct diagnosis. When raised ICP is suspected, but invasive ICP monitoring cannot be used or is not clearly recommended, this estimation of the risk of raised ICP may be of great clinical value, aiding in the detection of patients at risk of raised ICP.
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- Thomas Geeraerts
- Département d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Antoine Béclère, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, BP 405, 92141 Clamrt Cedex, France
- AP-HP & University Paris-Sud, University Hospital Antoine Béclère, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Clamart, France
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- AP-HP & University Paris-Sud, University Hospital Antoine Béclère, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Clamart, France
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Non-invasive assessment of intracranial pressure using ocular sonography in neurocritical care patients. Intensive Care Med 2008; 34:2062-7. [PMID: 18509619 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2008] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and intracranial pressure (ICP) in neurocritical care patients. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTING Surgical critical care unit, level 1 trauma center. PATIENTS A total number of 37 adult patients requiring sedation and ICP monitoring after severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hematoma, or stroke. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Optic nerve sheath diameter was measured with a 7.5 MHz linear ultrasound probe. ICP was measured invasively via a parenchymal device. Simultaneous measurements were performed at least once a day during the first 2 days after ICP insertion and in cases of acute changes. There was a significant relationship between ONSD and ICP (78 simultaneous measures, r = 0.71, P < 0.0001). Changes in ICP were strongly correlated with changes in ONSD (39 measures, r = 0.73, P < 0.0001). Enlarged ONSD was a suitable predictor of elevated ICP (>20 mmHg) (area under ROC curve = 0.91). When ONSD was less than 5.86 mm, the negative likehood ratio for raised ICP was 0.06. CONCLUSION In sedated neurocritical care patients, non-invasive sonographic measurements of ONSD are correlated with invasive ICP, and the probability to have raised ICP if ONSD is less than 5.86 mm is very low. This method could be used as a screening test when raised ICP is suspected.
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Transcranial Doppler has several practical applications in neurocritical care. It has its main application in the diagnosis and monitoring of vasospasm in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. In addition, it holds promise for the detection of critical elevations of intracranial pressure. Its ability to measure CO2 reactivity and autoregulation may ultimately allow intensivists to optimize cerebral perfusion pressure and ventilatory therapy for the individual patient. Transcranial Doppler findings of brain death are well described and can be useful as a screening tool.
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- Maher Saqqur
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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