INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE REGULATION: QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF OUTFLOW RESISTANCE, FLUID FORMATION, AND INTRACRANIAL COMPLIANCE.

R. N. Johnson, J. D. Mann, C. J. Maffeo, E. J. Kasarskis, A. B. Butler, N. H. Bass

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Abstract

A quantitative model of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) system was derived from manometric data using low volume, short duration infusions into the subarchnoid space in order to describe the mechanisms governing intracranial pressure dynamics. The model suggests that increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) are partially buffered by a nonlinear, pressure dependent outflow resistance to cSF absorption and by a pressure sensitive formation rate of CSF. In contrast, intracranial compliance acts only to buffer transient changes in volume prior to the establishment of steady-state CSF pressures.

Original languageEnglish
JournalModeling and Simulation, Proceedings of the Annual Pittsburgh Conference
StatePublished - 1979

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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