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: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6739xp8
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