Measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP), the amount of pressure that the cranium exerts on brain tissue, the brain's blood volume, and cerebrospinal fluid
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Measurement of intracranial pressure (ICP), the amount of pressure that the cranium exerts on brain tissue, the brain's blood volume, and cerebrospinal fluid
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Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. VIII. Intracranial pressure thresholds. J Neurotrauma. 2007;24 Suppl 1:S55-8. Vik A, Nag T, Fredriksli OA, et al. Relationship of "dose" of intracranial hypertension to outcome in severe traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg. Oct 2008;109(4):678-684. Pediatric-specific reference(s): Adelson PD, Bratton SL, Carney, NA, Chesnut RM, du Coudray HE, Goldstein B, Kochanek PM, Miller HC, Partington MD, Selden NR, Warden CR, Wright DW. Guidelines for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents. Chapter 6. Threshold for treatment of intracranial hypertension. (2003a). Pediatr Crit Care Med 4:S25-S27.