Search Tag: ICP

2025 04 Feb

Intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to secondary brain damage, high mortality, and poor outcomes. Invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring using intraparenchymal or intraventricular systems is the gold standard for guiding TBI treatment. The Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference...Read more

2020 11 Jan

One of the most frequent causes of death and disability after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is high intracranial pressure (ICP). ICP is generally treated with usual techniques such as normothermia, sedation, etc. and first-line therapeutic strategies such as moderate hypocapnia, mannitol etc. However, in patients where these measures do not work,...Read more

2017 03 Jan

Results of a meta-analysis published in PLoS ONE indicate that intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring decreased the mortality rate of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. Specifically, the mortality of ICP monitored group (hospitalised after 2007) was improved, as well as two-week and six-month mortality rates, according to researchers. Previous...Read more