1. Consensus-Based Management Protocol (CREVICE Protocol) for the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Based on Imaging and Clinical Examination for Use When Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Is Not Employed.
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Chesnut RM, Temkin N, Videtta W, Petroni G, Lujan S, Pridgeon J, Dikmen S, Chaddock K, Barber J, Machamer J, Guadagnoli N, Hendrickson P, Aguilera S, Alanis V, Bello Quezada ME, Bautista Coronel E, Bustamante LA, Cacciatori AC, Carricondo CJ, Carvajal F, Davila R, Dominguez M, Figueroa Melgarejo JA, Fillipi MM, Godoy DA, Gomez DC, Lacerda Gallardo AJ, Guerra Garcia JA, Zerain GF, Lavadenz Cuientas LA, Lequipe C, Grajales Yuca GV, Jibaja Vega M, Kessler ME, López Delgado HJ, Sandi Lora F, Mazzola AM, Maldonado RM, Mezquia de Pedro N, Martínez Zubieta JR, Mijangos Méndez JC, Mora J, Ochoa Parra JM, Pahnke PB, Paranhos J, Piñero GR, Rivadeneira Pilacuán FA, Mendez Rivera MN, Romero Figueroa RL, Rubiano AM, Saraguro Orozco AM, Silesky Jiménez JI, Silva Naranjo L, Soler Morejon C, and Urbina Z
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- Brain Injuries, Traumatic physiopathology, Delphi Technique, Humans, Intracranial Hypertension diagnostic imaging, Intracranial Hypertension physiopathology, Neurosurgeons standards, Treatment Outcome, Brain Injuries, Traumatic diagnostic imaging, Clinical Protocols standards, Consensus, Intracranial Pressure physiology, Monitoring, Physiologic standards, Severity of Illness Index
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Globally, intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring use in severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is inconsistent and susceptible to resource limitations and clinical philosophies. For situations without monitoring, there is no published comprehensive management algorithm specific to identifying and treating suspected intracranial hypertension (SICH) outside of the one ad hoc Imaging and Clinical Examination (ICE) protocol in the Benchmark Evidence from South American Trials: Treatment of Intracranial Pressure (BEST:TRIP) trial. As part of an ongoing National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported project, a consensus conference involving 43 experienced Latin American Intensivists and Neurosurgeons who routinely care for sTBI patients without ICP monitoring, refined, revised, and augmented the original BEST:TRIP algorithm. Based on BEST:TRIP trial data and pre-meeting polling, 11 issues were targeted for development. We used Delphi-based methodology to codify individual statements and the final algorithm, using a group agreement threshold of 80%. The resulting CREVICE (Consensus REVised ICE) algorithm defines SICH and addresses both general management and specific treatment. SICH treatment modalities are organized into tiers to guide treatment escalation and tapering. Treatment schedules were developed to facilitate targeted management of disease severity. A decision-support model, based on the group's combined practices, is provided to guide this process. This algorithm provides the first comprehensive management algorithm for treating sTBI patients when ICP monitoring is not available. It is intended to provide a framework to guide clinical care and direct future research toward sTBI management. Because of the dearth of relevant literature, it is explicitly consensus based, and is provided solely as a resource (a "consensus-based curbside consult") to assist in treating sTBI in general intensive care units in resource-limited environments.
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- 2020
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