Escalate and De-Escalate Therapies for Intracranial Pressure Control in Traumatic Brain Injury

Copyright © 2020 Battaglini, Anania, Rocco, Brunetti, Prior, Zona, Pelosi and Fiaschi..

Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is frequently associated with an elevation of intracranial pressure (ICP), followed by cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) reduction. Invasive monitoring of ICP is recommended to guide a step-by-step "staircase approach" which aims to normalize ICP values and reduce the risks of secondary damage. However, if such monitoring is not available clinical examination and radiological criteria should be used. A major concern is how to taper the therapies employed for ICP control. The aim of this manuscript is to review the criteria for escalating and withdrawing therapies in TBI patients. Each step of the staircase approach carries a risk of adverse effects related to the duration of treatment. Tapering of barbiturates should start once ICP control has been achieved for at least 24 h, although a period of 2-12 days is often required. Administration of hyperosmolar fluids should be avoided if ICP is normal. Sedation should be reduced after at least 24 h of controlled ICP to allow neurological examination. Removal of invasive ICP monitoring is suggested after 72 h of normal ICP. For patients who have undergone surgical decompression, cranioplasty represents the final step, and an earlier cranioplasty (15-90 days after decompression) seems to reduce the rate of infection, seizures, and hydrocephalus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in neurology - 11(2020) vom: 01., Seite 564751

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Battaglini, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Anania, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Rocco, Patricia R M [VerfasserIn]
Brunetti, Iole [VerfasserIn]
Prior, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Zona, Gianluigi [VerfasserIn]
Pelosi, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Fiaschi, Pietro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Escalation
Intracranial hypertension (ICH)
Journal Article
Review
Staircase algorithm
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury

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Date Revised 17.12.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fneur.2020.564751

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318894327