Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (18): 2945-2952.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.18.027

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Clinical application of intracranial pressure monitoring: controversies and prospects

Zhang Feng, Liu Bo, Zhou Qing-jiu   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2014-02-09 Online:2014-04-30 Published:2014-04-30
  • Contact: Liu Bo, Chief physician, Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Zhang Feng, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Intracranial pressure monitoring as a kind of invasive monitoring technology has been applied clinically, but its treatment effect is still controversial.
OBJECTIVE: To review the development situation, future trends and clinical application of intracranial pressure monitoring technology.
METHODS: First author retrieved related articles published between January 1960 and October 2013 in the databases of PubMed, Medalink, Wanfang through computers. The key words were “intracranial pressure monitoring,increased intracranial pressure, brain injury, intracranial tumors, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebrovascular disease” in English and Chinese, respectively. The total number of the retrieved articles was 160, and 69 articles up to standard were included.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Intracranial pressure monitoring technology is divided into invasive and noninvasive monitoring. The former is in clinical application for decades and has provided a lot of practice experience and data which makes it be increasingly mature. The latter is not widely used in clinic because of different levels of poor measurement accuracy, usage limitation, tedious methods, many influencing factors and so on. Now, there is not a monitoring method that can be used for clinical purposes with high accuracy, noninvasion, convenience and continuity. But, noninvasive multimodal monitoring is still the trend in the development of intracranial pressure monitoring technology. Clinically, intracranial pressure monitoring technique has been applied in the treatment of craniocerebral trauma, hypertension cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial tumor, cerebrovascular diseases, especially in patients with craniocerebral trauma, which has accumulated plenty of clinical data. But in the majority with retrospective study, there is a lack of prospective, randomized controlled trial studies. Most studies have shown that intracranial pressure monitoring can analyze intracranial pressure changes in a timely manner, and give important reference value in judging intracranial injury and cerebral edema, guiding treatment, and estimating prognosis.



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Key words: intracranial pressure, brain injuries, brain neoplasms, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebrovascular disorders

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