Controlled lumbar cerebrospinal fluid drainage effectively decreases the need for second and third tier interventions for intracranial hypertension in severe traumatic brain injury patients
Our results support the view that controlled lumbar drainage is a highly efficient method to manage intracranial hypertension and significantly decreases the need of further harmful ICP lowering therapies without altering functional outcome of severe TBI patients.
Authors
- Ádám L. Varga
- Gábor Nardai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-9064)
- Hargita Dömötör
- Marcell Marada
- Marcell Csapody
- Richárd Soltész
- Erzsébet Baracskai
- Sára Radványi
Institutions
- Fejér Megyei Szent György Egyetemi Oktató Kórház (HU)
- National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (HU)
- ELTE Research Centre for the Humanities (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111337
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.85