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Bayat A, Saki N, Mirmomeni G. Effects of Body Position on Cochlear Function in Infants: An Otoacoustic Emission Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024; 76:934-937. [PMID: 38440455 PMCID: PMC10908906 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-04327-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Background Otoacoustic Emission (OAE) is frequently recorded in various body positions for infants. However, little is available about whether these deviations will produce non-pathological effects on the clinical results. The current study assessed body position's effect on infants' inner ear function. Methods Sixty normally hearing infants participated in an analytical cross-sectional study. Distortion-product OAEs (DPOAEs) were measured in the supine, side-lying, and upright positions. The DPOAE amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were recorded across the 1500 to 6000 Hz range. Results The mean DPOAE amplitude and SNR values were significantly greater in the upright position than supine and side-lying positions (p < 0.05). These differences were more pronounced in the 3000 to 6000 Hz range. The effects of gender and ear asymmetry on DPOAEs were not statistically significant. Conclusion Our findings suggested that the upright position could be regarded as the best position for assessing DPOAEs in infants.
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- Arash Bayat
- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
- Hearing Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
- Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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Wolthers SA, Engelholm CP, Uslu B, Brandt CT. Noninvasive intracranial pressure monitoring in central nervous system infections. Minerva Anestesiol 2023; 89:206-216. [PMID: 36422116 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.22.16863-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring constitutes an important part of the management of traumatic brain injury. However, its application in other brain pathologies such as neuroinfections like acute bacterial meningitis is unclear. Despite focus on aggressive, prompt treatment, morbidity and mortality from acute bacterial meningitis remain high. Increased ICP is well-known to occur in severe neuroinfections. The increased ICP compromise cerebral perfusion pressure and may ultimately lead to brain stem herniation. Therefore, controlling the ICP could also be important in acute bacterial meningitis. However, risk factors for complications due to invasive monitoring among these patients may be significantly increased due to higher age and levels of comorbidity compared to the traumatic brain injury patient from which the ICP treatment algorithms are developed. This narrative review evaluates the different modalities of ICP monitoring with the aim to elucidate current status of non-invasive alternatives to invasive monitoring as a decision tool and eventually monitoring. Non-invasive screening using ultrasound of the optical nerve sheath, transcranial doppler, magnetic resonance imaging or preferably a combination of these modalities, provides measurements that can be used as a decision guidance for invasive ICP measurement. The available data do not support the replacement of invasive techniques for continuous ICP measurement in patients with increased ICP. Non-invasive modalities should be taken into consideration in patients with neuroinfections at low risk of increased ICP.
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- Signe A Wolthers
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark -
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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Dattilo M. Noninvasive methods to monitor intracranial pressure. Curr Opin Neurol 2023; 36:1-9. [PMID: 36630209 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000001126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Intracranial pressure (ICP) is determined by the production of and outflow facility of cerebrospinal fluid. Since alterations in ICP are implicated in several vision-threatening and life-threatening diseases, measurement of ICP is necessary and common. All current clinical methods to measure ICP are invasive and carry the risk for significant side effects. Therefore, the development of accurate, reliable, objective, and portal noninvasive devices to measure ICP has the potential to change the practice of medicine. This review discusses recent advances and barriers to the clinical implementation of noninvasive devices to determine ICP. RECENT FINDINGS Many noninvasive methods to determine ICP have been developed. Although most have significant limitations limiting their clinical utility, several noninvasive methods have shown strong correlations with invasively obtained ICP and have excellent potential to be developed further to accurately quantify ICP and ICP changes. SUMMARY Although invasive methods remain the mainstay for ICP determination and monitoring, several noninvasive biomarkers have shown promise to quantitatively assess and monitor ICP. With further refinement and advancement of these techniques, it is highly possible that noninvasive methods will become more commonplace and may complement or even supplant invasively obtained methods to determine ICP in certain situations.
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- Michael Dattilo
- Emory Eye Center, Neuro-Ophthalmology Division, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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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: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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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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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Evensen KB, Eide PK. Measuring intracranial pressure by invasive, less invasive or non-invasive means: limitations and avenues for improvement. Fluids Barriers CNS 2020; 17:34. [PMID: 32375853 PMCID: PMC7201553 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-020-00195-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Sixty years have passed since neurosurgeon Nils Lundberg presented his thesis about intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring, which represents a milestone for its clinical introduction. Monitoring of ICP has since become a clinical routine worldwide, and today represents a cornerstone in surveillance of patients with acute brain injury or disease, and a diagnostic of individuals with chronic neurological disease. There is, however, controversy regarding indications, clinical usefulness and the clinical role of the various ICP scores. In this paper, we critically review limitations and weaknesses with the current ICP measurement approaches for invasive, less invasive and non-invasive ICP monitoring. While risk related to the invasiveness of ICP monitoring is extensively covered in the literature, we highlight other limitations in current ICP measurement technologies, including limited ICP source signal quality control, shifts and drifts in zero pressure reference level, affecting mean ICP scores and mean ICP-derived indices. Control of the quality of the ICP source signal is particularly important for non-invasive and less invasive ICP measurements. We conclude that we need more focus on mitigation of the current limitations of today's ICP modalities if we are to improve the clinical utility of ICP monitoring.
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- Karen Brastad Evensen
- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, 0424, Oslo, Norway.
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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Nag DS, Sahu S, Swain A, Kant S. Intracranial pressure monitoring: Gold standard and recent innovations. World J Clin Cases 2019; 7:1535-1553. [PMID: 31367614 PMCID: PMC6658373 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i13.1535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) is based on the doctrine proposed by Monroe and Kellie centuries ago. With the advancement of technology and science, various invasive and non-invasive modalities of monitoring ICP continue to be developed. An ideal monitor to track ICP should be easy to use, accurate, reliable, reproducible, inexpensive and should not be associated with infection or haemorrhagic complications. Although the transducers connected to the extra ventricular drainage continue to be Gold Standard, its association with the likelihood of infection and haemorrhage have led to the search for alternate non-invasive methods of monitoring ICP. While Camino transducers, Strain gauge micro transducer based ICP monitoring devices and the Spiegelberg ICP monitor are the emerging technology in invasive ICP monitoring, optic nerve sheath diameter measurement, venous opthalmodynamometry, tympanic membrane displacement, tissue resonance analysis, tonometry, acoustoelasticity, distortion-product oto-acoustic emissions, trans cranial doppler, electro encephalogram, near infra-red spectroscopy, pupillometry, anterior fontanelle pressure monitoring, skull elasticity, jugular bulb monitoring, visual evoked response and radiological based assessment of ICP are the non-invasive methods which are assessed against the gold standard.
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- Deb Sanjay Nag
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur 831001, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur 831001, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur 831001, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur 831001, India
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Al-Mufti F, Sursal T, Kim M, Menjivar AM, Cole C, Chandy D, Schmidt M, Bowers C, Gandhi CD. Noninvasive Multimodality Cerebral Monitoring Modalities in Neurosurgical Critical Care. World Neurosurg 2018; 121:249-250. [PMID: 30347294 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Fawaz Al-Mufti
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Critical Care, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA; Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Critical Care, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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Kondziella D, Jensen AM, Hjuler T, Bille M, Kjaergaard J. Otoacoustic Emissions for Outcome Prediction in Postanoxic Brain Injury. Front Neurol 2018; 9:796. [PMID: 30319528 PMCID: PMC6167944 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background: Non-invasive, easy-to-use bedside tools to estimate prognosis in unresponsive patients with postanoxic brain injury are needed. We assessed the usefulness of otoacoustic emissions as outcome markers after cardiac arrest. Methods: Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) and transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) were measured in cardiac arrest patients whose prognosis was deemed to be poor following standard neurological assessment (n = 10). Ten patients with myocardial infarction without prior loss of consciousness served as controls. Results: Compared to controls with myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest patients with poor neurological prognosis had significantly less often preserved DPOAE (9.2 vs. 40.8% positive measurements; OR 0.15 (CI 0.07-0.30); p < 0.0001). Partially preserved DPOAE were noted in 4 cardiac arrest patients. TEOAE were not statistically different between the two groups. Conclusions: Despite their convenience, otoacoustic emissions cannot be used as reliable prognostic markers in cardiac arrest survivors. This is because we identified 4 cases with partially preserved otoacoustic emissions in a sample of 10 unresponsive post-cardiac arrest patients whose neurological condition was so poor that active treatment was withdrawn. However, we suggest that future research should address if decaying outer hair cell function over time may serve as a proxy for evolving ischemic brain damage.
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- Daniel Kondziella
- Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Al-Mufti F, Lander M, Smith B, Morris NA, Nuoman R, Gupta R, Lissauer ME, Gupta G, Lee K. Multimodality Monitoring in Neurocritical Care: Decision-Making Utilizing Direct And Indirect Surrogate Markers. J Intensive Care Med 2018; 34:449-463. [PMID: 30205730 DOI: 10.1177/0885066618788022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Substantial progress has been made to create innovative technology that can monitor the different physiological characteristics that precede the onset of secondary brain injury, with the ultimate goal of intervening prior to the onset of irreversible neurological damage. One of the goals of neurocritical care is to recognize and preemptively manage secondary neurological injury by analyzing physiologic markers of ischemia and brain injury prior to the development of irreversible damage. This is helpful in a multitude of neurological conditions, whereby secondary neurological injury could present including but not limited to traumatic intracranial hemorrhage and, specifically, subarachnoid hemorrhage, which has the potential of progressing to delayed cerebral ischemia and monitoring postneurosurgical interventions. In this study, we examine the utilization of direct and indirect surrogate physiologic markers of ongoing neurologic injury, including intracranial pressure, cerebral blood flow, and brain metabolism.
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- Fawaz Al-Mufti
- 1 Division of Neuroendovascular Surgery and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.,2 Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- 3 Division of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- 4 Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- 5 Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- 6 Department of Neurology, Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
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- 3 Division of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- 3 Division of Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- 7 Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- 1 Division of Neuroendovascular Surgery and Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Al-Mufti F, Smith B, Lander M, Damodara N, Nuoman R, El-Ghanem M, Kamal N, Al-Marsoummi S, Alzubaidi B, Nuoaman H, Foreman B, Amuluru K, Gandhi CD. Novel minimally invasive multi-modality monitoring modalities in neurocritical care. J Neurol Sci 2018; 390:184-192. [PMID: 29801883 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) following brain injury contributes to poor outcomes for patients, primarily by reducing the caliber of cerebral vasculature, and thereby reducing cerebral blood flow. Careful monitoring of ICP is critical in these patients in order to determine prognosis, implement treatment when ICP becomes elevated, and to judge responsiveness to treatment. Currently, the gold standard for monitoring is invasive pressure transducers, usually an intraventricular monitor, which presents significant risk of infection and hemorrhage. These risks made discovering non-invasive methods for monitoring ICP and cerebral perfusion a priority for researchers. Herein we sought to review recent publications on novel minimally invasive multi-modality monitoring techniques that provide surrogate data on ICP, cerebral oxygenation, metabolism and blood flow. While limitations in various forms preclude them from supplanting the use of invasive monitors, these modalities represent useful screening tools within our armamentarium that may be invaluable when the risks of invasive monitoring outweigh the associated benefits.
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- Fawaz Al-Mufti
- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurointerventional Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Hamot, Erie, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center - New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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Ranieri A, Cavaliere M, Sicignano S, Falco P, Cautiero F, De Simone R. Endolymphatic hydrops in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: prevalence and clinical outcome after lumbar puncture. Preliminary data. Neurol Sci 2018; 38:193-196. [PMID: 28527079 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-2895-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is characterized by raised intracranial pressure (ICP) without any underlying pathology, presenting with (IIH) or without papilledema (IIHWOP). Headache, often on daily basis, is the most frequent symptom. Among audiovestibular symptoms, tinnitus and dizziness are commonly reported, while vertigo and hearing impairment are infrequent reports. Endolymphatic hydrops (ELH) is the typical histopathologic feature of Ménière disease, a condition featured by episodes of vertigo, dizziness, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and aural fullness. Evidences suggest that ICP is transmitted to inner ear. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of ELH symptoms in IIH/IIHWOP and the relationship between the raised ICP and ELH. The prevalence of chronic headache and of ELH symptoms was investigated in a consecutive series of IIH/IIHWOP patients, and a standard audiometry with hearing threshold measurement (pure-tone average-PTA) was performed. Differences in chronic headache and ELH symptoms prevalence and changes of PTA threshold were calculated after ICP normalization by lumbar puncture (LP). Thirty-one patients (17 with IIH and 14 with IIHWOP) were included. Before LP, chronic headache was present in 93.5%. The percentages of patients reporting tinnitus, dizziness, vertigo, and aural fullness were 67.7, 77.4, 22.6, and 61.3%, respectively. Headache frequency as well as ELH symptoms and PTA significantly improved after LP. The improvement of PTA and of ELH symptoms observed after LP in this series of IIH/IIHWOP patients indicates that a raised ICP, a condition known to be involved in the progression and refractoriness of migraine pain, has also a role in ELH. We propose that intracranial hypertension may represent the shared pathogenetic step explaining the large epidemiological comorbidity between migraine and vestibular symptoms, at present conceptualized as "vestibular migraine."
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- Angelo Ranieri
- IDC Hermitage Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Headache Centre, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Headache Centre, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Headache Centre, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Headache Centre, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Abdala C, Kalluri R. Towards a joint reflection-distortion otoacoustic emission profile: Results in normal and impaired ears. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 142:812. [PMID: 28863614 PMCID: PMC5552396 DOI: 10.1121/1.4996859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) provide salient information about cochlear function and dysfunction. Two broad classes of emissions, linear reflection and nonlinear distortion, arise via distinct cochlear processes and hence, appear to provide independent information about cochlear health and hearing. Considered in combination, these two OAE types may characterize sensory hearing loss most effectively. In this study, the level-dependent growth of stimulus-frequency OAEs (a reflection-type emission) and distortion-product OAEs (a distortion-type emission) were measured in ten normal-hearing ears and eight ears with slight-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Metrics of OAE strength and compression were derived from OAE input/output functions and then considered in a combined fashion. Results indicate that SFOAEs and DPOAEs differ significantly in their strength and compression features. When SFOAE and DPOAE metrics are displayed together on a two-dimensional plot, relatively well-defined data clusters describe their normative relationship. In hearing-impaired ears, this relationship is disrupted but not in a uniform way across ears; ears with similar audiograms showed differently altered joint-OAE profiles. Hearing loss sometimes affected only one OAE or one more than the other. Results suggest a joint-OAE profile is promising and warrants study in a large group of subjects with sensory hearing loss of varied etiologies.
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- Carolina Abdala
- Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Auditory Research Center, University of Southern California, 1640 Marengo Street, Suite 326, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Caruso Department of Otolaryngology, Auditory Research Center, University of Southern California, 1640 Marengo Street, Suite 326, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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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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The Effect of Elevated Intracranial Pressure on Frequency Tuning of Air-Conducted Ocular Vestibular Myogenic Potentials in Ménière's Disease Patients. Otol Neurotol 2017; 38:916-920. [DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Khan MN, Shallwani H, Khan MU, Shamim MS. Noninvasive monitoring intracranial pressure - A review of available modalities. Surg Neurol Int 2017; 8:51. [PMID: 28480113 PMCID: PMC5402331 DOI: 10.4103/sni.sni_403_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background: Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is important in many neurosurgical and neurological patients. The gold standard for monitoring ICP, however, is via an invasive procedure resulting in the placement of an intraventricular catheter, which is associated with many risks. Several noninvasive ICP monitoring techniques have been examined with the hope to replace the invasive techniques. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of all modalities that have been used for noninvasive ICP monitoring to date. Methods: A thorough literature search was conducted on PubMed, selected articles were reviewed in completion, and pertinent data was included in the review. Results: A total of 94 publications were reviewed, and we found that over the past few decades clinicians have attempted to use a number of modalities to monitor ICP noninvasively. Conclusion: Although the intraventricular catheter remains the gold standard for monitoring ICP, several noninvasive modalities that can be used in settings when invasive monitoring is not possible are also available. In our opinion, measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter and pupillometry are the two modalities which may prove to be valid options for centers not performing invasive ICP monitoring.
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- Endovascular Research Fellow, University of Buffalo Neurosurgery, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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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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The Effect of Increasing Intracranial Pressure on Ocular Vestibular-Evoked Myogenic Potential Frequency Tuning. Ear Hear 2016; 36:e336-41. [PMID: 26502192 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000000190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) represent extraocular muscle activity in response to vestibular stimulation. The authors sought to investigate whether posture-induced increase of the intracranial pressure (ICP) modulated oVEMP frequency tuning, that is, the amplitude ratio between 500-Hz and 1000-Hz stimuli. DESIGN Ten healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. The subjects were positioned in the horizontal plane (0 degree) and in a 30-degree head-downwards position to elevate the ICP. In both positions, oVEMPs were recorded using 500-Hz and 1000-Hz air-conducted tone bursts. RESULTS When tilting the subject from the horizontal plane to the 30-degree head-down position, oVEMP amplitudes in response to 500-Hz tone bursts distinctly decreased (3.40 μV versus 2.06 μV; p < 0.001), whereas amplitudes to 1000 Hz were only slightly diminished (2.74 μV versus 2.48 μV; p = 0.251). Correspondingly, the 500/1000-Hz amplitude ratio significantly decreased when tilting the subjects from 0- to 30-degree inclination (1.59 versus 1.05; p = 0.029). Latencies were not modulated by head-down position. CONCLUSIONS Increasing ICP systematically alters oVEMPs in terms of absolute amplitudes and frequency tuning characteristics. oVEMPs are therefore in principle suited for noninvasive ICP monitoring.
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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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Noninvasive Brain Physiology Monitoring for Extreme Environments: A Critical Review. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2016; 27:318-28. [PMID: 25811362 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0000000000000175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Our ability to monitor the brain physiology is advancing; however, most of the technology is bulky, expensive, and designed for traditional clinical settings. With long-duration space exploration, there is a need for developing medical technologies that are reliable, low energy, portable, and semiautonomous. Our aim was to review the state of the art for noninvasive technologies capable of monitoring brain physiology in diverse settings. A literature review of PubMed and the Texas Medical Center library sites was performed using prespecified search criteria to identify portable technologies for monitoring physiological aspects of the brain physiology. Most brain-monitoring technologies require a moderate to high degree of operator skill. Some are low energy, but many require a constant external power supply. Most of the technologies lack the accuracy seen in gold standard measures, due to the need for calibration, but may be useful for screening or monitoring relative changes in a parameter. Most of the technologies use ultrasound or electromagnetic radiation as energy sources. There is an important need for further development of portable technologies that can be operated in a variety of extreme environments to monitor brain health.
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Can intracranial pressure be measured non-invasively bedside using a two-depth Doppler-technique? J Clin Monit Comput 2016; 31:459-467. [DOI: 10.1007/s10877-016-9862-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bershad EM, Urfy MZ, Pechacek A, McGrath M, Calvillo E, Horton NJ, Voss SE. Intracranial pressure modulates distortion product otoacoustic emissions: a proof-of-principle study. Neurosurgery 2015; 75:445-54; discussion 454-5. [PMID: 24871147 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is an important need to develop a noninvasive method for assessing intracranial pressure (ICP). We report a novel approach for monitoring ICP using cochlear-derived distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs), which are affected by ICP. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that changes in ICP may be reflected by altered DPOAE responses via an associated change in perilymphatic pressure. METHODS We measured the ICP and DPOAEs (magnitude and phase angle) during opening and closing in 20 patients undergoing lumbar puncture. RESULTS We collected data on 18 patients and grouped them based on small (<4 mm Hg), medium (5-11 mm Hg), or large (≥15 mm Hg) ICP changes. A permutation test was applied in each group to determine whether changes in DPOAEs differed from zero when ICP changed. We report significant changes in the DPOAE magnitudes and angles, respectively, for the group with the largest ICP changes and no changes for the group with the smallest changes; the group with medium changes had variable DPOAE changes. CONCLUSION We report, for the first time, systematic changes in DPOAE magnitudes and phase in response to acute ICP changes. Future studies are warranted to further develop this new approach. ABBREVIATIONS DPOAE, distortion product otoacoustic emissionICP, intracranial pressureIIH, idiopathic intracranial hypertensionLP, lumbar punctureTBI, traumatic brain injury.
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- Eric M Bershad
- *Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Houston, Texas; ‡Smith College, Department of Engineering, Northampton, Massachusetts; §Amherst College, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP) is critical for the evaluation and management of many neurological and neurosurgical conditions. The invasiveness of ICP measurement limits the frequency with which ICP can be evaluated, hampering the clinical care of patients with ICP disorders. Thus, there has been substantial interest in developing noninvasive methods for the assessment of ICP. Numerous approaches have been applied to the problem, although none seems to represent a complete solution. The goal of this review is to familiarize the reader with the currently available methods to noninvasively evaluate ICP.
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- Beau B Bruce
- Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Olzowy B, Abendroth S, von Gleichenstein G, Mees K, Stelter K. No Evidence of Intracranial Hypertension in Trekkers with Acute Mountain Sickness When Assessed Noninvasively with Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions. High Alt Med Biol 2014; 15:364-70. [DOI: 10.1089/ham.2013.1120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Bernhard Olzowy
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Rostock Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Medical Center, München, Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Medical Center, München, Germany
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Janky KL, Zuniga MG, Schubert MC, Carey JP. The effect of increased intracranial pressure on vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 126:780-6. [PMID: 25103787 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) responses change during inversion in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS) compared to controls. METHODS Sixteen subjects with SCDS (mean: 43, range 30-57 years) and 15 age-matched, healthy subjects (mean: 41, range 22-57 years) completed cervical VEMP (cVEMP) in response to air conduction click stimuli and ocular VEMP (oVEMP) in response to air conduction 500 Hz tone burst stimuli and midline tap stimulation. All VEMP testing was completed in semi-recumbent and inverted conditions. RESULTS SCDS ears demonstrated significantly larger oVEMP peak-to-peak amplitudes in comparison to normal ears in semi-recumbency. While corrected cVEMP peak-to-peak amplitudes were larger in SCDS ears; this did not reach significance in our sample. Overall, there was not a differential change in o- or cVEMP amplitude with inversion between SCDS and normal subjects. CONCLUSIONS Postural-induced changes in o- and cVEMP responses were measured in the steady state regardless of whether the labyrinth was intact or dehiscent. SIGNIFICANCE VEMP responses are blunted during inversion. Although steady-state measurements of VEMPs during inversion do not increase diagnostic accuracy for SCDS, the findings suggest that inversion may provide more general insights into the equilibration of pressures between intracranial and intralabyrinthine fluids.
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- Kristen L Janky
- Johns Hopkins University, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA; Boys Town National Research Hospital, Department of Audiology, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins University, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA; Johns Hopkins University, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD 21287-0910, USA
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Posture-induced changes of ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials suggest a modulation by intracranial pressure. Exp Brain Res 2014; 232:2273-9. [PMID: 24682408 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3918-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) represent extraocular muscle activity in response to vestibular stimulation. We sought to investigate whether oVEMPs are modulated by increasing intracranial pressure (ICP). Air-conducted oVEMPs were elicited in 20 healthy subjects lying supine on a tilt table. In order to elevate the ICP, the table was stepwise tilted from the horizontal plane to a 30° declination, corresponding to a 0°, 10°, 20° and 30° head-down position. At each inclination angle, oVEMP recording was performed in two head positions: (1) the head in line with the body and (2) the head positioned horizontally with the body tilted. When tilting both the body and head, oVEMP amplitudes gradually declined from 4.59 μV at 0° to 2.24 μV at 30° head-down position, revealing a highly significant reduction in amplitudes for all tilt angles when compared to the baseline value (p < 0.001). In parallel, the response prevalence decreased and latencies prolonged. Similar effects were observed when the body was tilted but the head positioned horizontally, even though the decrease in oVEMP amplitudes was less pronounced. A gravitoinertial force effect upon the otolith organs could thereby be excluded as a possible confounder. Hence, oVEMPs were most likely modulated by increasing ICP. In the range of the horizontal plane to a 30° head-down tilt, there was a linear correlation between oVEMP amplitudes and the inclination angle. oVEMPs might in principle be suited for non-invasive ICP monitoring.
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Pandin P, Renard M, Bianchini A, Desjardin P, Obbergh LV. Monitoring Brain and Spinal Cord Metabolism and Function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/ojanes.2014.46020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Furihata K, Yamashita M. Transfer function for vital infrasound pressures between the carotid artery and the tympanic membrane. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2013; 133:1169-1186. [PMID: 23363133 DOI: 10.1121/1.4773270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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While occupational injury is associated with numerous individual and work-related risk factors, including long working hours and short sleep duration, the complex mechanisms causing such injuries are not yet fully understood. The relationship between the infrasound pressures of the tympanic membrane [ear canal pressure (ECP)], detected using an earplug embedded with a low-frequency microphone, and the carotid artery [carotid artery pressure (CAP)], detected using a stethoscope fitted with the same microphone, can be quantitatively characterized using systems analysis. The transfer functions of 40 normal workers (19 to 57 years old) were characterized, involving the analysis of 446 data points. The ECP waveform exhibits a pulsatile character with a slow respiratory component, which is superimposed on a biphasic recording that is synchronous with the cardiac cycle. The respiratory ECP waveform correlates with the instantaneous heart rate. The results also revealed that various fatigue-related risk factors may affect the mean magnitudes of the measured pressures and the delay transfer functions between CAP and ECP in the study population; these factors include systolic blood pressure, salivary amylase activity, age, sleep duration, postural changes, chronic fatigue, and pulse rate.
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- Kenji Furihata
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, 380-8533 Japan.
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Stone JL, Fino J, Patel K, Calderon-Arnulphi M, Suss N, Hughes JR. Modified brain stem auditory evoked potentials in patients with intracranial mass lesions. Clin EEG Neurosci 2012. [PMID: 23185089 DOI: 10.1177/1550059412452688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The authors report their experience utilizing a recently described rapid rate, binaural click and 1000-Hz tone burst modification of the brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), modified (MBP), in 27 symptomatic patients with non-brain stem compressive space-taking cerebral lesions (22), hydrocephalus (4), and pseudotumor cerebri (1). Many presented with clinical signs suggestive of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) and focal neurological deficits. The cerebral lesions, mostly large tumors with edema, had very substantial radiological signs of mass effect. Fourteen patients were also studied following surgical decompression. A number of significant changes in the wave V and Vn latency/intensity and less so amplitude/intensity function was found in the 27 patients, compared to normal volunteers, as well as those studied pre- and postoperatively. Similar MBP changes had been noted in normal volunteers placed in a dependent head position. Possible mechanisms to explain these findings are discussed. The MBP methodology shows promise and further development could make neuro-intensive care unit monitoring practical.
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- James L Stone
- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Modified brainstem auditory evoked responses in patients with non-brainstem compressive cerebral lesions. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2012. [PMID: 22327668 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0956-4_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER) is sensitive to pontomesencephalic integrity, transtentorial brain herniation, and at times increased intracranial pressure (ICP). The authors report their experience utilizing a recently described rapid rate, binaural, click and 1,000-Hz tone-burst modification of the BAER (MBAER) in 22 symptomatic non-trauma patients with non-brainstem compressive space-taking cerebral lesions. The majority presented with mild to moderate clinical signs suggestive of increased ICP, and focal neurological deficits. The cerebral lesions, mostly tumors (17), averaged 4-5 cm in diameter, with radiological signs of mass effect such as flattening of the sulci, midline shift, and narrowing of the basal cisterns. A number of significant changes in Wave V and V (n) latency and less so amplitude were found in patients compared with age-matched normal volunteers, as well as those again studied after surgical decompression. Similar MBAER changes had been noted in normal volunteers placed in a dependent head position. Possible mechanisms to explain these findings are discussed. The methodology shows promise and if combined with automated peak recognition could make Neuro ICU monitoring practical.
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Atcherson SR, Mattheis A. Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions: Body Position Effects with Simultaneous Presentation of Tone Pairs. Audiol Res 2011; 1:e29. [PMID: 26557322 PMCID: PMC4627114 DOI: 10.4081/audiores.2011.e29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study examined the effect of three different body positions on distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) amplitude and noise levels with multiple primary tone pairs simultaneously-presented to 36 normal-hearing female human adults. Other studies have demonstrated that the simultaneously presented tone pairs method shows clinical promise as a screener, but the sequential method remains in widespread clinical use. Postural changes have been suggested to have an effect not only on DPOAEs, but also transient-evoked OAEs and stimulus-frequency OAEs. DPOAE amplitude and noise levels were recorded in seated, supine, and side-lying positions to the following order of simultaneously-presented tone pairs relative to the f2 frequencies: 1187, 2375, and 4812 Hz; 1500, 3000, and 6062 Hz; and 1875, 3812, and 7625 Hz. No DPOAE could be detected reliably at 7625 Hz as result of poor signal-to-noise ratio. For remaining DPOAEs, statistical analyses revealed that amplitudes were not significantly different among the three body positions. However, at 1500 Hz and below, body position did have a statistically significant effect on noise levels though they are likely clinically negligible. Except at 7625 Hz, results suggest that DPOAEs recorded using a simultaneously presented tone pairs appear to be comparably recorded regardless of an individual’s body position.
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- Samuel R Atcherson
- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Communication Disorders, University of South Dakota , Vermillion, South Dakota, USA
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Querfurth HW, Lieberman P, Arms S, Mundell S, Bennett M, van Horne C. Ophthalmodynamometry for ICP prediction and pilot test on Mt. Everest. BMC Neurol 2010; 10:106. [PMID: 21040572 PMCID: PMC2987855 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A recent development in non-invasive techniques to predict intracranial pressure (ICP) termed venous ophthalmodynamometry (vODM) has made measurements in absolute units possible. However, there has been little progress to show utility in the clinic or field. One important application would be to predict changes in actual ICP during adaptive responses to physiologic stress such as hypoxia. A causal relationship between raised intracranial pressure and acute mountain sickness (AMS) is suspected. Several MRI studies report that modest physiologic increases in cerebral volume, from swelling, normally accompany subacute ascent to simulated high altitudes. OBJECTIVES 1) Validate and calibrate an advanced, portable vODM instrument on intensive patients with raised intracranial pressure and 2) make pilot, non-invasive ICP estimations of normal subjects at increasing altitudes. METHODS The vODM was calibrated against actual ICP in 12 neurosurgical patients, most affected with acute hydrocephalus and monitored using ventriculostomy/pressure transducers. The operator was blinded to the transducer read-out. A clinical field test was then conducted on a variable data set of 42 volunteer trekkers and climbers scaling Mt. Everest, Nepal. Mean ICPs were estimated at several altitudes on the ascent both across and within subjects. RESULTS Portable vODM measurements increased directly and linearly with ICP resulting in good predictability (r = 0.85). We also found that estimated ICP increases normally with altitude (10 ± 3 mm Hg; sea level to 20 ± 2 mm Hg; 6553 m) and that AMS symptoms did not correlate with raised ICP. CONCLUSION vODM technology has potential to reliably estimate absolute ICP and is portable. Physiologic increases in ICP and mild-mod AMS are separate responses to high altitude, possibly reflecting swelling and vasoactive instability, respectively.
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- Henry W Querfurth
- Dept of Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University Providence, RI 02903, USA.
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Posture systematically alters ear-canal reflectance and DPOAE properties. Hear Res 2010; 263:43-51. [PMID: 20227475 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Revised: 02/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several studies have demonstrated that the auditory system is sensitive to changes in posture, presumably through changes in intracranial pressure (ICP) that in turn alter the intracochlear pressure, which affects the stiffness of the middle-ear system. This observation has led to efforts to develop an ear-canal based noninvasive diagnostic measure for monitoring ICP, which is currently monitored invasively via access through the skull or spine. Here, we demonstrate the effects of postural changes, and presumably ICP changes, on distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) magnitude, DPOAE angle, and power reflectance. Measurements were made on 12 normal-hearing subjects in two postural positions: upright at 90 degrees and tilted at -45 degrees to the horizontal. Measurements on each subject were repeated five times across five separate measurement sessions. All three measures showed significant changes (p<0.001) between upright and tilted for frequencies between 500 and 2000 Hz, and DPOAE angle changes were significant at all measured frequencies (500-4000 Hz). Intra-subject variability, assessed via standard deviations for each subject's multiple measurements, were generally smaller in the upright position relative to the tilted position.
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Brainstem auditory evoked potentials--a review and modified studies in healthy subjects. J Clin Neurophysiol 2009; 26:167-75. [PMID: 19424080 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0b013e3181a76a6e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The authors review the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP), and present studies on 40 healthy subjects. In addition to the conventional click evoked BAEP, three modified BAEP examinations were performed. The modified BAEP tests include a 1,000 Hz tone-burst BAEP, and more rapid rate binaural click and 1,000 Hz tone-burst BAEPs-each of the last two studies performed at four diminishing moderate intensities. In addition to the usual parameters, the authors examined the Wave V to Vn interpeak latency, and stimulus intensity versus Wave V latency and amplitude functions in the rapid rate binaural studies. Studies were also repeated on healthy subjects in a dependant head position in an attempt to increase intracranial pressure. Discussion centers on the BAEP, its current utility in medicine, unique neurophysiology, and literature support that the above modifications could increase the practicality of the test in patients at risk with intracranial lesions and perhaps improve the feasibility for real-time continuous or frequent monitoring in the future.
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Level alterations of the 2f 1–f 2 distortion product due to hypoxia in the guinea pig depend on the stimulus frequency. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 267:351-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1052-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 07/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cingi C, Erkan AN, Rettinger G. Ear, nose, and throat effects of high altitude. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 267:467-71. [PMID: 19551397 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1016-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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High altitude changes human physiology and can result in illnesses such as acute mountain sickness, high-altitude cerebral edema, and high-altitude pulmonary edema. The physiological impacts of high-altitude illnesses occur secondary to extravasation of fluid from the intravascular space into the extravascular space during a rapid ascent. Headache, hearing disturbances, vestibular disturbances, epistaxis, sleep apnea, coughing, respiratory tract infections, and nasal obstruction are main ear, nose, and throat complaints of individuals travelling to high altitude. These complaints can cause delays or cancelations in a person's climbing plans. In this article, we review the ear, nose, and throat effects of high altitude based on the relevant literature.
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- Cemal Cingi
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey
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Büki B, Giraudet F, Avan P. Non-invasive measurements of intralabyrinthine pressure changes by electrocochleography and otoacoustic emissions. Hear Res 2009; 251:51-9. [PMID: 19233252 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Revised: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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By varying the mechanical load on the stapes footplate, intralabyrinthine pressure (ILP) influences the stiffness of the middle ear and modifies its transfer function. This results in a characteristic phase shift of the otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) around 1kHz [Buki, B., Avan, P., Lemaire, J.J., Dordain, M., Chazal, J., Ribari, O., 1996. Otoacoustic emissions: a new tool for monitoring intracranial pressure changes through stapes displacements. Hear. Res. 94, 125-139]. This finding provides non-invasive means of monitoring changes of ILP and indirectly of intracranial pressure. Yet the vulnerability of OAEs to sensorineural hearing loss excludes many patients from being monitored in this manner. Being dependent on the middle-ear transfer function, the phase of the cochlear microphonic potential (CM) around 1kHz should also respond to ILP changes while being less affected by impaired hearing than OAEs. Here, normal volunteers were subjected to body tilt resulting in stepwise changes in their intracranial pressure and ILP. Their CM around 1kHz was recorded by extratympanic electrocochleography and its dependence on body position was compared to that of distortion-product OAEs. The posture-induced CM changes were also monitored in ears with sensorineural deafness and impaired OAEs to assess the usefulness of CM in the presence of hearing impairment. Last, OAEs and CM were simultaneously monitored in gerbils during intracranial pressure changes brought about via an intracranial catheter. The phase and level shifts induced by body tilt in man and intracranial pressure changes in gerbils showed up both in distortion-product OAEs and CM with similar time courses. In normally-hearing subjects, the mean phase shifts reached 16.3 degrees for CM and 41.6 degrees for OAEs, and CM remained large enough in hearing-impaired subjects for ILP to be monitored. The ratio of about two of OAEs to CM phase shifts matched the prediction of middle-ear models allowing for the fact that CM does not travel back through the middle ear while OAEs do. It follows that CM phase around 1kHz provides non-invasive access to ILP changes even if OAEs cannot be measured due to sensorineural hearing loss.
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- B Büki
- Laboratory of Sensory Biophysics (EA 2667), School of Medicine, University of Auvergne, 28 Place Henri Dunant, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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The Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in Glaucoma Pathophysiology: The Dark Side of the Optic Disc. J Glaucoma 2008; 17:408-13. [DOI: 10.1097/ijg.0b013e31815c5f7c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Olzowy B, von Gleichenstein G, Canis M, Mees K. Distortion product otoacoustic emissions for assessment of intracranial hypertension at extreme altitude? Eur J Appl Physiol 2008; 103:19-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0666-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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