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Brain Drains Explained
#neurocrit #ICUEquipment #waveforms #ICP
Ventriculostomy catheters and external ventricular drains (EVDs) are a diagnostic and therapeutic intervention often used in the neuroICU. This ICU OnePager explains how EVDs work and how to interpret intracranial pressure (ICP) waveforms.
Current version 1.1 (originally posted 2020-08-30, updated 2021-01-25). Also available in 🇪🇸Spanish (JPEG)
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Continuous Recording and Control of Ventricular Fluid Pressure in Neurosurgical Practice, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 1962 (first description of Lundberg Waves)
The Monro-Kellie hypothesis: applications in CSF volume depletion, Neurology 2001
Consensus summary statement of the International Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference on Multimodality Monitoring in Neurocritical Care, Intensive Care Medicine 2014
The Monitoring of Brain Edema and Intracranial Hypertension, Journal of Neurocritical Care 2016
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Also available in 🇪🇸Spanish (JPEG)
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Current version 1.1
originally posted 2020-08-30
updated 2021-01-25
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