Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study with Paired Analysis

Abstract

Introduction Intracranial hypertension continues to be the most frequent cause of death in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thus, invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) is a very important tool in neurointensivism. However, there is controversy regarding ICP monitoring and prognosis.

Keywords

• intracranial pressure
• hospital mortality
• intracranial hypertension
• brain injuries
• traumatic
• pressão intracraniana
• mortalidade hospitalar
• hipertensão intracraniana
• lesões encefálicas
• traumáticas