Head Trauma: Comparison of Infection Rates for Different Methods of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

1 December 1987

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Vol. 19 (6) , 310-314
https://doi.org/10.1097/01376517-198712000-00006

Abstract

This article describes a study comparing the rates of infection for three different methods of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. Case summaries of infected patients are presented. Maintenance of sterile technique by medical and nursing staff caring for the monitoring system is emphasized.

Keywords

COMPARISON
HEAD
ICP
TRAUMA
STAFF
MAINTENANCE
SUMMARIES
DIFFERENT METHODS
STERILE
RATES OF INFECTION

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