Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Objective : To verify the relationship between intracranial pressure and flash visual evoked potentials (F-VEP) in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Method The sample included adults diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis admitted at a reference hospital for infectious diseases. The patients we...
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| author | Marcelo Adriano da Cunha Silva Vieira Maria do Amparo Salmito Cavalcanti Dorcas Lamounier Costa Kelsen Dantas Eulálio Otoni Cardoso do Vale Chrystiany Placido de Brito Vieira Carlos Henrique Nery Costa |
| author_facet | Marcelo Adriano da Cunha Silva Vieira Maria do Amparo Salmito Cavalcanti Dorcas Lamounier Costa Kelsen Dantas Eulálio Otoni Cardoso do Vale Chrystiany Placido de Brito Vieira Carlos Henrique Nery Costa |
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| description | Objective : To verify the relationship between intracranial pressure and flash visual evoked potentials (F-VEP) in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Method The sample included adults diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis admitted at a reference hospital for infectious diseases. The patients were subjected to F-VEP tests shortly before lumbar puncture. The Pearsons linear correlation coefficient was calculated and the linear regression analysis was performed. Results : Eighteen individuals were subjected to a total of 69 lumbar punctures preceded by F-VEP tests. At the first lumbar puncture performed in each patient, N2 latency exhibited a strong positive correlation with intracranial pressure (r = 0.83; CI = 0.60 - 0.94; p < 0.0001). The direction of this relationship was maintained in subsequent punctures. Conclusion : The intracranial pressure measured by spinal tap manometry showed strong positive association with the N2 latency F-VEP in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4d3729b99b8645b7b4a0aea02c144f3f2025-08-20T03:34:18ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272015-04-0173430931310.1590/0004-282X20150002S0004-282X2015000400309Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitisMarcelo Adriano da Cunha Silva VieiraMaria do Amparo Salmito CavalcantiDorcas Lamounier CostaKelsen Dantas EulálioOtoni Cardoso do ValeChrystiany Placido de Brito VieiraCarlos Henrique Nery CostaObjective : To verify the relationship between intracranial pressure and flash visual evoked potentials (F-VEP) in patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Method The sample included adults diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis admitted at a reference hospital for infectious diseases. The patients were subjected to F-VEP tests shortly before lumbar puncture. The Pearsons linear correlation coefficient was calculated and the linear regression analysis was performed. Results : Eighteen individuals were subjected to a total of 69 lumbar punctures preceded by F-VEP tests. At the first lumbar puncture performed in each patient, N2 latency exhibited a strong positive correlation with intracranial pressure (r = 0.83; CI = 0.60 - 0.94; p < 0.0001). The direction of this relationship was maintained in subsequent punctures. Conclusion : The intracranial pressure measured by spinal tap manometry showed strong positive association with the N2 latency F-VEP in patients with cryptococcal meningitis.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015000400309&lng=en&tlng=enpotenciais evocados visuaispressão intracranianameningite criptocócica |
| spellingShingle | Marcelo Adriano da Cunha Silva Vieira Maria do Amparo Salmito Cavalcanti Dorcas Lamounier Costa Kelsen Dantas Eulálio Otoni Cardoso do Vale Chrystiany Placido de Brito Vieira Carlos Henrique Nery Costa Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria potenciais evocados visuais pressão intracraniana meningite criptocócica |
| title | Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| title_full | Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| title_fullStr | Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| title_short | Visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| title_sort | visual evoked potentials show strong positive association with intracranial pressure in patients with cryptococcal meningitis |
| topic | potenciais evocados visuais pressão intracraniana meningite criptocócica |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2015000400309&lng=en&tlng=en |
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