Invasive Neuromonitoring

Abstract

Advances in technology have resulted in a plethora of invasive neuromonitoring options for practitioners to manage while caring for the complex needs of the critical care patient. Although many types of invasive neuromonitoring are available to the practitioner, intraparenchymal monitors and external ventricular devices are used most frequently in the clinical setting and are the focus of this article. In addition, multimodality monitoring has been noted to confer a survival benefit in patients with this complex type of invasive neuromonitoring and is discussed as well.

Keywords: External ventricular device; Intraparenchymal monitor; Invasive neuromonitoring; Multimodal monitoring; Traumatic brain injury.