CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PULSE PRESSURE WAVE-FORM ANALYSIS IN HYDROCEPHALIC CHILDREN

Analysis of cerebrospinal fluid pulse pressure was reported to be usef ul in the assessment of the cerebrospinal pressure-volume compensation . The method for the estimation of high-frequency centroid (HFC) was m odified and used to verify the correlation between HFC and other compe nsatory parameters investigated by means of the lumbar infusion test i n 94 hydrocephalic children. The results confirm that in hydrocephalus HFC is positively correlated to cerebrospinal elasticity coefficient, but inversely to mean CSF pressure and pulse wave amplitude. It was a lso demonstrated that HFC decreased dynamically during the infusion te st.