Minimally Invasive Techniques in Monitoring of Brain Tissue Oxygenation and Intracranial Pressure in Neurosurgical Intensive Care

Monitoring of partial pressure of brain tissue oxygenation P(ti)O2, brain tissue ph (brph), partial pressure of brain tissue CO2 [P(ti)CO2] and intracranial pressure (ICP) by invasive methods, calculation of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and hemodynamic monitoring of middle arterial blood pressure (MABP) are the main strategies in multimodal neuromonitoring. Using this multimodal approach the therapy of raised intracranial pressure with diffuse brain edema has undergone fundamental changes during recent years [2, 3, 7, 9, 19, 24, 25, 40, 42].