title: Management of head injury. Intracranial pressure monitoring.
abstract: The role of intracranial pressure monitoring as an adjunct to the clinical examination, CT scanning, and other diagnostic modalities has become increasingly recognized. This article presents a brief overview of the present status of this technique and touches on prospects for further developments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kanter
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Narayan
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*