Clinical and Prognostic Significance of CSF Closing Pressure in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome

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Identifier 20150222_nanos_posters_090
Title Clinical and Prognostic Significance of CSF Closing Pressure in Pediatric Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome
Creator Shannon J. Beres; Claire A. Sheldon; Chantal Boisvert; Christina L. Szperka; Grace L. Paley; Evanette K. Burrows; Marianne R. Chilutti; Geraldine W. Liu; Shana E. McCormack; Grant T. Liu
Affiliation (SJR) (CAS) (GLP) (GTL) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania / Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, PA; (SJB) (CAS) (GTL) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Division of Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology Service, Philadelphia, PA; (SEM) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Philadelphia, PA; (GLP) (SEM) (GTL) University of Pennsylvania / Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA; (CB) Rady Children's Hospital San Diego / Division of Ophthalmology San Diego, CA; (EKB) (MRC) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Center for Biomedical Informatics Philadelphia, PA; (CLS) (GWL) The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Division of Neurology Philadelphia, PA
Subject Pseudotumor, Closing Pressure, Papilledema
Description "The significance of CSF opening pressure (OP) in diagnostic lumbar puncture in pediatric pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) has been well-studied. Little consensus exists as to whether the closing pressure (CP) or removing large volumes of CSF has any prognostic utility."
Date 2015-02-22
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2015: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6739xp8
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184501
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6739xp8
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