Development of a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus-Based Treatment Protocol Conference in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is a significant global health problem disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Management of intracranial hypertension in sTBI is crucial to survival and optimal recovery. Practitioners in high-income countries routinely use intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors although their usefulness has been questioned. ICP monitors are usually unavailable in LMICs. No consensus-based/tested protocols or literature exists for sTBI treatment without ICP monitoring.

Methods

Investigators developed serial SurveyMonkey surveys for Latin American neurointensivists and neurosurgeons to determine current practice. These clinicians had extensive routine ongoing experience in sTBI without ICP monitoring. Surveys were a

SUBMITTER: Hendrickson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6214355 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature