ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2019
Evidence-Based Management of External Ventricular Drains.
Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative Efficacy and Safety of External Ventricular Drains and Intraparenchymal Pressure Monitors for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Neurocritical care · 2025Pooled it
- External ventricular drain management in subarachnoid haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluation of a Novel Automated Cerebral Ventricular Drainage System for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring and Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage in Neurocritical Care Patients: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study.Neurocritical care · 2026Trial
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Trajectories Are Associated With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Neurosurgery practice · 2026Article
- Early Prediction of External Ventricular Drain Weaning Trial Outcome in Patients with SAH Based on ICP Pulse Morphological Similarity: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Neurocritical care · 2026Article
- External Ventricular Drain Column Height Fails to Explain Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Volumes.Nursing in critical care · 2025Observational
- Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: A primer for acute care practitioners.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2025Review
- High risk and low incidence diseases: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Analysis of Drainage Volume in External Ventricular Drainage Based on Intracranial Pressure and Drainage Catheter Size for Clinical Nurses.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of combined atorvastatin calcium and hyperbaric oxygen therapy on postoperative recovery in patients with traumatic brain injury.American journal of translational research · 2025Article
- The Current Update of Conventional and Innovative Treatment Strategies for Central Nervous System Injury.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- ICP wave morphology as a screening test to exclude intracranial hypertension in brain-injured patients: a non-invasive perspective.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2024Article
- Management of external ventricular drain: to wean or not to wean?Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Article
- Therapy management and outcome of acute hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular hemorrhage in adults.Chinese neurosurgical journal · 2024Review
- The Presence of Blood in a Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer Has a Clinical Effect on the Accuracy of Intracranial Pressure Readings.Critical care explorations · 2024Article
- Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.Advances in neurobiology · 2024Review
- Combination of Conventional EVD and Ommaya Drainage for Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH).Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- Severe Vertebrobasilar Vasospasm After Iatrogenic Rupture of a Posterior Fossa Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report of a Rare Complication Managed With Endovascular Intervention.Neurosurgery practice · 2023Article
- Chinese expert consensus on the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-related hydrocephalus.Chinese neurosurgical journal · 2023Article
- Design and Characterization of an Adjustable Passive Flow Regulator and Application to External CSF Drainage.Micromachines · 2023Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe optimal management of external ventricular drains (EVD) in the setting of acute brain injury remains controversial. Therefore, we sought to determine whether there are optimal management approaches based on the current evidence. RECENT
findingsWe identified 2 recent retrospective studies on the management of EVDs after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) which showed conflicting results. A multicenter survey revealed discordance between existing evidence from randomized trials and actual practice. A prospective study in a post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) population demonstrated the benefit of EVDs but did not determine the optimal management of the EVD itself. The recent CLEAR trials have suggested that specific positioning of the EVD in the setting of intracerebral hemorrhage with intraventricular hemorrhage may be a promising approach to improve blood clearance. Evidence on the optimal management of EVDs remains limited. Additional multicenter prospective studies are critically needed to guide approaches to the management of the EVD.
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