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To explain the widely varying and fluctuating levels of intracranial pressure (ICP) which may be encountered in neurosurgical patients [1, 2, 3] and the differing responses of ICP in such patients to the administration of anaesthetic agents [4] the concept of a non-linear, exponential relationship between addition to the volume of the intracranial contents and ICP has been invoked. It is implicit in this type of volume/pressure relationship that as resting ICP increases, so also should the change in ICP produced by a uniform change in intracranial volume.
This work was supported by a grant from the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Fund for Medical Research.
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Miller, J.D., Garibi, J. (1972). Intracranial Volume/Pressure Relationships during Continuous Monitoring of Ventricular Fluid Pressure. In: Brock, M., Dietz, H. (eds) Intracranial Pressure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65486-2_46
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