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- Title
Release of Intracranial Pressure Leads to Improvement of Otoacoustic Emissions—A Case Report of a Kenyan Child with Complicated Tuberculous Meningitis.
- Authors
Schmutzhard, Joachim; Aregger, Fabian C.; Otieno, Alan; Bunk, Sebastian; Zorowka, Patrick; Schmutzhard, Erich
- Abstract
Intracranial pressure usually is measured with invasive techniques. The usability of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions as non-invasive approach has been evaluated only once by Frank et al. This article presents the case of a Kenyan boy with tuberculous meningitis and an active malresorptive hydrocephalus. At this stage, the otoacoustic emissions did show very low correlations. After releasing pressure, the otoacoustic emissions improved significantly. This case report points out the possible usability of otoacoustic emissions in intracranial pressure monitoring.
- Subjects
INTRACRANIAL pressure; OTOACOUSTIC emissions; TUBERCULOSIS patients; MENINGITIS in children; HYDROCEPHALUS in children; PEDIATRICS; VOICE disorders
- Publication
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2013, Vol 59, Issue 4, p326
- ISSN
0142-6338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tropej/fmt018