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INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Author(s) -
KATZNELSON DANIEL
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb17810.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cystic fibrosis , clearance , intracranial pressure , respiratory distress , venous return curve , raised intracranial pressure , cardiology , surgery , hemodynamics , urology
ABSTRACT. Three cystic fibrosis infants with severe respiratory distress had increased intracranial pressure (with bulging fontanels) which cleared parri passu with improvement in the chest condition. It is proposed that the intracranial hypertension is a result of raised venous pressure, itself secondary to the intrathoracic obstruction to venous return, consequent on the bronchial obstructive disease.