[Changes in cerebrospinal fluid pressure following administration of sodium hydroxybutyrate and viadril-G to patients with brain tumors].

The effect of sodium oxybutyrate and viadril-G on intracranial pressure was tested in 30 patients with tumours in injecting an anaesthetic. The electromanometric method was applied in measuring the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid and central venous pressure. A considerable reduction of intracranial pressure was noted in inducing anaesthesia by sodium oxybutyrate (by 34.5%) and viadril-G (by 24%), which was attended by an increase in perfusional brain pressure.