ICP and CPP: excellent predictors of long term outcome in severely brain injured children.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the predictive powers of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) amongst severely brain injured children.


METHODS
ICP and CPP were recorded from thirty-five severely brain injured children who were prospectively recruited after admission to paediatric intensive care. Twenty-five suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ten suffered non-TBI. Peak ICP and minimum CPP recorded for each patient during their admission were related to 5 year Glasgow Outcome Scale outcome. Receiver operator characteristic curves determined that the optimum threshold for unfavourable outcome prediction was >or=40 mmHg for ICP and <or=49 mmHg for CPP. At these thresholds the sensitivity/specificity pairs for the prediction of unfavourable outcome were 33.3/100% and 55.6/100% for ICP and CPP, respectively, amongst patients suffering TBI and were 46.2/100% and 66.2/100% for ICP and CPP, respectively, amongst all patients.


CONCLUSIONS
ICP and CPP are accurate predictors of unfavourable outcome.
Carter
B G
BG
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia. icu.tech@rch.org.au
Butt
W
W
Taylor
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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