Intracranial Pressure VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure Held in Ann Arbo (Paperback)

This book is a compilation of scientific papers presented at the Seventh Interna- tional Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Injury held in Ann Arbor Michigan USA June 20-23 1988. The symposium explored both clinical and basic science aspects of intracranial pressure dynamics and their clinical applica- tion. Neuroscientists including neurologists neurosurgeons neuroanesthesiolo- gists neuroradiologists neurochemists biophysicists and physiologists contrib- uted to the state-of-the-art presentations and discussions. Open exchange of ideas characterized this meeting as it did the initial meeting in Hanover Germany in 1972 and subsequently at tri-annual meetings in Lund Sweden; Groningen Holland; Williamsburg Virginia; Tokyo Japan; and Glas- gow Scotland. The next Intracranial Pressure Symposium to be held in Rotter- dam Holland in 1991 will continue this tradition. The papers in this book have been grouped for the reader s convenience. Clinical and basic science papers focus on the same subject consequently they appear together. Subjects include monitoring; biophysics; CSF dynamics and hydrocephalus; control of intracranial pressure; trauma hemorrhage and in- flammation; free radicals; cerebral perfusion and metabolism; and brain edema. The science of intracranial pressure and its relevance to human illness con- tinues to provide fascination for investigators throughout the world. This book reflects the research of many of them and hopefully will stimulate new and innovative inquiries.