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When do you consider EVD in pediatric severe TBI when initial imaging is unremarkable?

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Neurosurgery · UCSD

The guidelines state that intracranial pressure monitoring is indicated for severe TBI when GCS is 12 or less, regardless of what the head imaging looks like. Either a bolt or an EVD can be used for measuring intracranial pressure. In cases where our index of suspicion for elevated intracranial pres...

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