Intracranial Pressure

Researchers have identified significant associations between intracranial pressure, translaminar pressure difference and visual field parameters in patients with normal-tension glaucoma, according to a study published in Diagnostics.

Cerebrospinal fluid diversion was not associated with improved outcome for children following a traumatic brain injury. However, a decrease in intracranial pressure was observed, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Bariatric surgery led to “significantly lower” intracranial pressure and weight in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension compared with community weight management intervention, according to findings published in JAMA Neurology.

A 45-year-old white woman was referred by the Tufts Medical Center neurology service to the Tufts-New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology service for 3 weeks of blurred vision in the left eye and retro-orbital headache.

Bedside optic nerve ultrasonography is a noninvasive, quick and easy method to help diagnose increased intracranial pressure, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.