Abstract

New guideline for the acute medical management of severe traumatic brain injury in infants, children, and adolescents was published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in 2012. This guideline made relevant recommendations and suggestions on intracranial pressure monitoring, threshold for treatment of intracranial hypertension, cerebral perfusion pressure thresholds, advanced neuromonitoring, neuroimaging and therapy for intracranial hypertension in pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury. This guideline was simply interpretated in order to improve the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury. Key words: Children; Severe traumatic brain injury; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Cerebral perfusion pressure; Moderate hypothermia

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