Testing the Impact of Protocolized Care of Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Without Intracranial Pressure Monitoring: The Imaging and Clinical Examination Protocol.
Randall M ChesnutNancy TemkinWalter VidettaSilvia LujanGustavo PetroniJim PridgeonSureyya DikmenKelley ChaddockTerence HendrixJason BarberJoan MachamerNahuel GuadagnoliPeter HendricksonVictor AlanisGustavo La FuenteArturo LavadenzRoberto MeridaFreddy Sandi LoraRicardo RomeroOscar PinillosZulma UrbinaJairo FigueroaMarcelo OchoaRafael DavilaJacobo MoraLuis BustamanteCarlos PerezJorge LeivaCarlos CarricondoAna Maria MazzolaJuan GuerraPublished in: Neurosurgery (2022)
ICUs managing patients with sTBI using the ICE protocol had better functional outcome than those not using a protocol. ICUs treating patients with sTBI without ICP monitoring should consider protocolization. The ICE protocol, tested here and previously, is 1 option.