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. 2024 Feb;50(1):173-184.
doi: 10.1007/s00068-023-02239-3. Epub 2023 Feb 16.

Utility of intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with traumatic brain injuries: a propensity score matching analysis of TQIP data

Ashley Chopko  1 , Mingmei Tian  2 , Joseph C L'Huillier  1   3 , Radu Filipescu  4 , Jinhee Yu  2 , Weidun A Guo  5   6
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Utility of intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with traumatic brain injuries: a propensity score matching analysis of TQIP data

Ashley Chopko et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

Purpose: Intracranial pressure monitoring (ICPM) is central to traumatic brain injury (TBI) management, but its utility is controversial.

Methods: The 2016-2017 TQIP database was queried for isolated TBI. Patients with ICPM [(ICPM (+)] were propensity-score matched (PSM) to those without ICPM [ICPM (-)] and divided into three age groups by years (< 18, 18-54, ≥ 55).

Results: PSM yielded 2125 patients in each group. Patients aged < 18 years had a higher survival probability (p = 0.013) and decreased mortality (p = 0.016) in the ICPM (+) group. Complications were higher and LOS was longer in ICPM (+) patients aged 18-54 years and ≥ 55 years, but not in patients aged < 18 years.

Conclusions: ICPM (+) is associated with a survival benefit without an increase in complications in patents aged < 18 years. In patients aged ≥ 18 years, ICPM (+) is associated with more complications and longer LOS without a survival benefit.

Keywords: Critical care; Intracranial pressure monitor; Neurocritical care; Propensity score matching; Survival probability; TQIP database.

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