The Winnipeg Intraspinal Pressure Monitoring Study (WISP): A protocol for validation of fiberoptic pressure monitoring for acute traumatic spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research efforts have been focused on limiting secondary injury after traumatic spinal cord injury by performing spinal decompression and early optimization of spinal cord perfusion. The Winnipeg Intraspinal Pressure Monitoring Study (WISP) was designed to validate the technique of intraspinal pressure monitoring at the site of injury using a fiberoptic pressure monitor placed at the site of injury.

Objectives

To describe the design of the WISP study.

Study design

Descriptive.

Methods

We explain the current limitations in the available scientific literature around the topic of blood pressure management for acute traumatic spinal cord injury and rational for the WISP study. Then, we describe the design of WISP including the patient selection criteria,

SUBMITTER: Dhaliwal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9488753 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature