Functional Outcome After Intracranial Pressure Monitoring for Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is a mainstay of therapy for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), but its overall association with patient outcome is unclear.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that ICP monitoring is associated with improved functional survival of children with severe TBI.

Design, setting, and participants

A propensity-weighted effectiveness analysis was conducted using 2 linked national databases with data from 30 US children's hospitals from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2012, on 3084 children with severe TBI. Clinical events including neurosurgical procedures were identified using validated computable phenotypes. Data analysis was conducted from September 1, 2016, to March 1, 2017.

Exposure

Placement of an ICP monit

SUBMITTER: Bennett TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710627 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature