Intracranial Pressure VII

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 readers 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.