The understanding of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is increasing with the directed use telemetric ICP monitors. This case uniquely observed changes by monitoring in a patient idiopathic hypertension (IIH), who developed rapid sight-threatening disease. A lumbar drain was inserted, as temporising measure, and clamped prior to surgery. resulted rise ICP, which normalised after insertion vent...

BACKGROUND The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) guidelines published in 2007 suggest some indications for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, some studies had not shown clinical benefit in patients with severe TBI; several studies had even reported that ICP monitoring was associated with an increased mortality rate. The effect of ICP monitoring h...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether it is feasible to use sonography to monitor changes in the optic nerve sheath diameter in a porcine model. METHODS A fiber-optic intracranial pressure transducer was surgically placed through the frontal sinus directly into the brain parenchyma of adult Yorkshire pigs (n = 5). A second bolt was placed on the contralateral side for intraparenchymal fl...

BACKGROUND Intracranial hypertension is a well-known life-threatening complication of bacterial meningitis. Investigations on decompressive craniectomy after failure of conservative management are scarce, but this surgical treatment should be considered and performed expeditiously, as it lowers the intracranial pressure and improves brain tissue oxygenation. Early cranioplasty can further aid t...