Intracranial compliance in severe head injuries

ABSTRACT

The response of ventricular fluid pressure [VFP] to 1 ml of CSF volume was studied in 15 patients with severe closed head injury. This test has been termed as the volume/pressure response [V/PR] or the brain compliance. There is a positive correlation between the height of the resting level of VFP, the VPR and the final outcome. Study of the pressure response to volume changes yields valuable clinical information additional to that obtained from routine VFP monitoring