Careful monitoring of pressure within the skull (intracranial pressure, or ICP) is crucial for some neurocritical care patients. But current procedures for measuring ICP via an external ventricular ...

This article deconstructs the IIH guidelines, contrasting medical management (acetazolamide, topiramate) with the practical ...

Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is an increase in pressure around the brain, likely due to an excess of fluid. It’s life threatening and requires immediate medical attention. For example, there ...

An elevation in intracranial pressure can be a medical or surgical emergency. There are many possible conditions that can lead to elevated intracranial pressure on either an acute or a chronic basis ...

In patients with traumatic brain injury, hypothermia can reduce intracranial hypertension. The benefit of hypothermia on functional outcome is unclear. We randomly assigned adults with an intracranial ...