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What Is Normal Intracranial Pressure?
Intracranial pressure monitoring uses a device, placed inside the head, which senses the pressure inside the skull and sends its measurements to a recording device.
Alternative Names
ICP monitoring; CSF pressure monitoring
How the test is performed
There are three ways to monitor pressure in the skull (intracranial pressure).
INTRAVENTRICULAR CATHETER
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