Intracranial Pressure Threshold Heuristics in Traumatic Brain Injury: One, None, Many!

Christos Lazaridis^{1

2}, Masoom Desai^{3

4}, George Damoulakis⁵, Frederick A Zeiler^{6

7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Neurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
² Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Medical Center, Chicago, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
³ Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
⁶ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁷ Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁸ Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁹ Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Christos Lazaridis et al. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;32(3):672-676.

doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-00940-4.

Christos Lazaridis^{1

2}, Masoom Desai^{3

4}, George Damoulakis⁵, Frederick A Zeiler^{6

7

8

9}

¹ Neurocritical Care Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
² Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Medical Center, Chicago, USA. lazaridis@uchicago.edu.
³ Division of Neurocritical Care, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁴ Division of Neurophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
⁶ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁷ Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁸ Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
⁹ Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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"Take a Number"-Precision Monitoring Directs Precision Therapy.
Kochanek PM, Jha RM, Clark RSB. Kochanek PM, et al. Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun;32(3):683-686. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-00941-3. Neurocrit Care. 2020. PMID: 32141034 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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