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Bedside invasive monitoring techniques in severe brain-injured patients
1Department of Neurological Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. FedericoVinas@hotmail.com
Neurological Research
|April 26, 2001
Abstract:
In patients with severe brain injury, brain edema, elevated intracranial pressure, and cerebral ischemia are accountable for a significant morbidity and mortality. New invasive methods of monitoring attempt to foresee the physiopathological mechanisms responsible for the production of secondary brain injuries. The available methods for monitoring severely brain-injured patients, their potential usefulness, advantages, and disadvantages are reviewed.