Intracranial pressure measurements in patients suffering head injury, managed in a non-neurosurgical unit.
The method of measuring intracranial pressure in the extradural space described by Coroneos et al. (1973) has been used safely in a large general hospital without a CAT scanner or a neurosurgical unit. Monitoring of the intracranial pressure has helped to rationalize the early management of a small number of patients with severe injuries to the head, whose transfer to a neurosurgical unit might involve unacceptable delay in initiating urgent treatment or might be inadvisable because of multiple injuries.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*