Abstract
Address: 1Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mulago Hospital/Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda, 3Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, UK, 4Neurological Physics Group, Department of Medical Physics, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK, 5Clinical Neurosciences, Southampton University, Southampton, UK and 6Neurosciences Unit, Child Health Institute, University of London, London, UK
Highlights
Infectious encephalopathies due to cerebral malaria (CM), Acute Bacterial Meningitis (ABM) and Viral Encephalitis are an important cause of pediatric morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa
Children presenting with coma at the Kilifi District Hospital were recruited for non-invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring using the Tympanic Membrane Displacement Analyser (TMD) and for measurements of right middle cerebral artery blood flow using the Trans-cranial Doppler machine (TCD)
A peak to peak (P-P) admission reading ≥300 nl was significantly associated with death or neurological sequelae
Summary
Non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring in African children with infectious encephalopathies: preliminary results. Samson Gwer*1, Richard Idro, Michael Kazungu, Edwin Chengo, Mwanamvua Boga, Eric Ohuma, Kathryn Maitland, Tony Birch, Robert Marchbanks, Fenella Kirkham and Charles Newton. Address: 1Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya, 2Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Mulago Hospital/Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda, 3Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, UK, 4Neurological Physics Group, Department of Medical Physics, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK, 5Clinical Neurosciences, Southampton University, Southampton, UK and 6Neurosciences Unit, Child Health Institute, University of London, London, UK. Infectious diseases of the nervous system: pathogenesis and worldwide impact Roberto Bruzzone, Monique Dubois-Dalcq, Georges E Grau, Diane E Griffin and Krister Kristensson Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
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