| REVIEW ARTICLE |
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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 9
| Issue : 3 | Page : 207-215 |
Management of raised intracranial pressure in children with traumatic brain injury
Vinay Kukreti1, Hadi Mohseni-Bod2, James Drake3
1 Department of Neurocritical Care, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA
2 Department of Pediatric Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
3 Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Correspondence Address:
Hadi Mohseni-Bod
Department of Pediatric Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
Canada
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.147572
Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is associated with worse outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The current guidelines and management strategies are aimed at maintaining adequate cerebral perfusion pressure and treating elevated ICP. Despite controversies, ICP monitoring is important particularly after severe TBI to guide treatment and in developed countries is accepted as a standard of care. We provide a narrative review of the recent evidence for the use of ICP monitoring and management of ICP in pediatric TBI.
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