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ICP and CPP: excellent predictors of long term outcome in severely brain injured children

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Objective

To determine the predictive powers of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) amongst severely brain injured children.

Materials and methods

ICP and CPP were recorded from thirty-five severely brain injured children who were prospectively recruited after admission to paediatric intensive care. Twenty-five suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ten suffered non-TBI. Peak ICP and minimum CPP recorded for each patient during their admission were related to 5 year Glasgow Outcome Scale outcome. Receiver operator characteristic curves determined that the optimum threshold for unfavourable outcome prediction was ≥40 mmHg for ICP and ≤49 mmHg for CPP. At these thresholds the sensitivity/specificity pairs for the prediction of unfavourable outcome were 33.3/100% and 55.6/100% for ICP and CPP, respectively, amongst patients suffering TBI and were 46.2/100% and 66.2/100% for ICP and CPP, respectively, amongst all patients.

Conclusion

ICP and CPP are accurate predictors of unfavourable outcome.

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Carter, B.G., Butt, W. & Taylor, A. ICP and CPP: excellent predictors of long term outcome in severely brain injured children. Childs Nerv Syst 24, 245–251 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0461-z

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