Continuous ventricular cerebrospinal fluid drainage with intracranial pressure monitoring for management of posttraumatic diffuse brain swelling

BACKGROUND: Ventricular drainage has played an important role in the management of traumatic brain-injured patients. The aim of the present study was describe outcomes in a series of 57 patients with diffuse brain swelling underwent to intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. METHOD: Fifty-eight pati...

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Main Author: Andrade,Almir Ferreira de (author)
Other Authors: Paiva,Wellingson Silva (author), Amorim,Robson Luis Oliveira de (author), Figueiredo,Eberval Gadelha (author), Almeida,Antonio Nogueira de (author), Brock,Roger Schmidt (author), Bor-Seng-Shu,Edson (author), Teixeira,Manoel Jacobsen (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
decompressive craniectomy
intracranial pressure monitoring
head injury
brain swelling
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000100016
Country:Brazil
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