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Laboratory testing of the Pressio intracranial pressure monitor.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18580814     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The Sophysa Pressio (Sophysa Ltd., Orsay, France) is a new intracranial pressure monitoring system. This study aimed to evaluate its accuracy and compare it with the popular Codman intracranial pressure transducer (Codman/Johnson & Johnson, Raynham, MA) in vitro. METHODS: A computerized rig was used to test the Pressio and Codman transducers simultaneously. Properties that were tested included drift over 7 days, the effect of temperature on drift, frequency response, the accuracy of measurement of static and pulsatile pressures, and connectivity of the system. RESULTS: Long-term (7 d) relative zero drift was less than 0.05 mmHg. The temperature drift was low (0.3 mmHg/207C). Absolute static accuracy was better than 0.5 mmHg over the range of 0 to 100 mmHg. Pulse waveform accuracy, relative to the Codman transducer, was better than 0.2 mmHg over the range of 1 to 20 mmHg. The frequency bandwidth of the Pressio transducer was 22 Hz. The Pressio monitor can transmit data directly to an external computer without the use of a pressure bridge amplifier. CONCLUSION: The new Pressio transducer proved to be accurate for measuring static and dynamic pressure during in vitro evaluation.
Authors:
David Allin; Marek Czosnyka; Zofia Czosnyka
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurosurgery     Volume:  62     ISSN:  1524-4040     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurosurgery     Publication Date:  2008 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-06-26     Completed Date:  2008-08-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802914     Medline TA:  Neurosurgery     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1158-61; discussion 1161     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
UK Shunt Evaluation Laboratory and Academic Neurosurgical Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Intracranial Pressure*
Laboratories
Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation*
Research Design
Transducers, Pressure

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