The prognostic value of intracranial pressure monitoring after severe head injuries.
ICP monitoring appears not to be essential for the prognosis of head injury patients, but it may be of some clinical value in association with the neurological status and other clinical data. The results of ICP measurement show that a high level in brain pressure and the poor outcome have a better correlation with one another than a lower level of brain pressure and a good recovery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000175:diagnosis; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis