It produces cerebrospinal fluid in your brain’s ventricles (fluid-filled spaces). Special cells that line the ventricles also make a smaller amount of cerebrospinal fluid. What Can Cerebrospinal ...

A recent study suggests that using an ocular ultrasound in the emergency room could help detect children with brain drainage ...

Eye ultrasounds provide a swift and secure means to detect brain shunt failure in children, facilitating crucial diagnosis ...

External ventricular drain is used to eliminate excess cerebrospinal fluid to maintain intracranial pressure through ...

Expert opinion from Marcelle Freire Doctor of Medicine · 3 years of experience · Brazil We call hydrocephalus the disorder ...

Hydrocephalus occurs when there is a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain. A network of connected cavities within the brain—called the ventricles—produces CSF. CSF helps cushion and ...

The characteristics described in this table are general. The intra-aortic balloon pump has been excluded since to it does not generate its own volume stroke. *Clinical approval of ECMO is variable ...

Use of an eye ultrasound may quickly and safely identify children with brain drainage tube failure in the emergency department, according to a new study.

2005). Produced at a rate of 20 ml per hour by the choroid plexus, CSF is located in all four ventricles. Fluid flows from the two lateral ventricles via the foramen of Monro into the third ...

1 This editorial presents the rationale and considerations for a period of detraining in the diagnostic evaluation of athletes with premature ventricular beats (PVBs). Ultrastructural changes related ...

This paper defends the thesis that the heart can also develop sports injuries at the ventricular level. We will elaborate on our hypothesis, originally put forward in 2003, that intense endurance ...

A ventricular shunt is a surgically implanted thin, plastic tube that drains extra fluid and relieves pressure on the brain. Children receive ventricular shunts for hydrocephalus, a condition where ...