ArticleCritical care research and practice2012
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring: Invasive versus Non-Invasive Methods-A Review.
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The trial behind it
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Effect of Ketamine Versus Sufentanil on Cerebral Glutamate After Traumatic Brain Injury : a Randomized, Double-blinded, Microdialysis Study
A Pilot Study to Estimate Intracranial Pressure Noninvasively in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
Who cites it
152 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring the utility of retinal optical coherence tomography as a biomarker for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a systematic review.Journal of neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical predictors of shunt response in the diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta neurochirurgica · 2021Pooled it
- Reference values for intracranial pressure and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure: a systematic review.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2021Pooled it
- Deep Brain Electrode Externalization and Risk of Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- B waves: a systematic review of terminology, characteristics, and analysis methods.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2019Pooled it
- Prediction of intracranial hypertension through noninvasive intracranial pressure waveform analysis in pediatric hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2017Trial
- Noninvasive detection of alarming intracranial pressure changes by auditory monitoring in early management of brain injury: a prospective invasive versus noninvasive study.Critical care (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Correlation of optic nerve sheath diameter with directly measured intracranial pressure in Korean adults using bedside ultrasonography.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Effect of Atlas Vertebrae Realignment in Subjects with Migraine: An Observational Pilot Study.BioMed research international · 2015Trial
- Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure Waveform Assessment as a Screening Test for Abnormal Lumbar Puncture Results.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Association Between Pain, Agitation, and Intracranial Pressure with Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Critically Ill Children: A Prospective Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Shunt-related cerebrospinal fluid overdrainage - a multicentre consensus definition.Acta neurochirurgica · 2026Article
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- Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cerebrospinal Fluid Transport in the Optic Nerve Subarachnoid Space: A Computational Approach.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Mechanistic multiphysics modeling reveals how blood pulsation drives CSF flow, pressure, and brain deformation under physiological and injection conditions.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2026Article
- Can intraocular pressure serve as a non-invasive surrogate marker for intracranial pressure following traumatic brain injury?Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage in Liver Failure: A Case-Based Approach to Transplant Candidacy and Care.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Effect of simulated microgravity via head-down tilt on intracranial compliance, brain oscillations and cardiovascular autonomic modulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Management of intracranial hypertension with and without invasive intracranial pressure monitoring.World journal of critical care medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) has been used for decades in the fields of neurosurgery and neurology. There are multiple techniques: invasive as well as noninvasive. This paper aims to provide an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of the most common and well-known methods as well as assess whether noninvasive techniques (transcranial Doppler, tympanic membrane displacement, optic nerve sheath diameter, CT scan/MRI and fundoscopy) can be used as reliable alternatives to the invasive techniques (ventriculostomy and microtransducers). Ventriculostomy is considered the gold standard in terms of accurate measurement of pressure, although microtransducers generally are just as accurate. Both invasive techniques are associated with a minor risk of complications such as hemorrhage and infection. Furthermore, zero drift is a problem with selected microtransducers. The non-invasive techniques are without the invasive methods' risk of complication, but fail to measure ICP accurately enough to be used as routine alternatives to invasive measurement. We conclude that invasive measurement is currently the only option for accurate measurement of ICP.
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