Non-Invasive Methods for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury Using Transcranial Doppler : A Scoping Review

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is necessary for managing patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although gold-standard methods include intraventricular or intraparenchymal transducers, these systems cannot be used in patients with coagulopathies or in those who are at high risk of catheter-related infections, nor can they be used in resource-constrained settings. Therefore, a non-invasive modality that is more widely available, cost effective, and safe would have tremendous impact. Among such non-invasive choices, transcranial Doppler (TCD) provides indirect ICP estimates through waveform analysis of cerebral hemodynamic changes. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the existing evidence for the use of TCD-derived methods in estimating ICP in adult TBI patients as compared with gold-standard invasive methods. This review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews, with a main search of PubMed and Embase. The search was limited to studies conducted in adult TBI patients published in any language between 2012 and 2022. Twenty-two studies were included for analysis, with most being prospective studies conducted in high-income countries. TCD-derived non-invasive ICP (nICP) methods are either mathematical or non-mathematical, with the former having slightly better correlation with invasive methods, especially when using time-trending ICP dynamics over one-time estimated values. Nevertheless, mathematical methods are associated with greater cost and complexity in their application. Formula-based methods showed promise in excluding elevated ICP, exhibiting a high negative predictive value. Therefore, TCD-derived methods could be useful in assessing ICP changes instead of absolute ICP values for high-risk patients, especially in low-resource settings.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of neurotrauma - (2024) vom: 11. Apr.

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Englisch

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Martínez-Palacios, Karol [VerfasserIn]
Vásquez-García, Sebastián [VerfasserIn]
Fariyike, Olubunmi A [VerfasserIn]
Robba, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Rubiano, Andrés M [VerfasserIn]

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Intracranial hypertension
Intracranial pressure
Invasive monitoring
Journal Article
Monitoring
Non-invasive monitoring
Transcranial Doppler
Traumatic brain injury

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1089/neu.2023.0001

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NLM363536787