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Objective To quantify the occurrence of high intracranial pressure (HICP) refractory to conventional medical therapy after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to describe the use of more aggressive therapies (profound hyperventilation, barbiturates, decompressive craniectomy). Design Prospective study of 407 consecutive TBI patients Setting Three neurosurgical intensive care units (ICU). Measurements...
Objectives. (a) To quantify the occurrence of pyrexia during the first week after head injury; (b) to elucidate the relationships between pyrexia and neurological severity, length of stay in the ICU, intracranial hypertension, and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP); and (c) to describe the effects of antipyretic therapy on temperature, intracranial pressure (ICP) and CPP. Design and setting. Multicenter...
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