title: Management of raised intracranial pressure in children with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is associated with worse outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The current guidelines and management strategies are aimed at maintaining adequate cerebral perfusion pressure and treating elevated ICP. Despite controversies, ICP monitoring is important particularly after severe TBI to guide treatment and in developed countries is accepted as a standard of care. We provide a narrative review of the recent evidence for the use of ICP monitoring and management of ICP in pediatric TBI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurocritical Care, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kukreti
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohseni-Bod
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drake
keywords: Craniectomy; intracranial pressure; traumatic brain injury