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. 2019 Mar 4;14:9. doi: 10.1186/s13017-019-0229-2

Table 2.

ICP monitoring during EES

Respondents (n = 122)
ICP insertion
Neurosurgeon (attending) 47 (39%)
Neurosurgeon (resident) 38 (31%)
Neurosurgeon (attending + resident) 32 (26%)
Emergency surgeon (attending) 1 (1%)
Emergency surgeon (attending+ neurosurgeon (attending) 1 (1%)
Other 3 (2%)
ICP monitoring in patients (%) at risk of IH during EES (immediately after admission)
 0% 15 (13%)
 < 10% 21 (17%)
 10–30% 35 (29%)
 30–50% 4 (3%)
 50–70% 15 (12%)
 70–99% 23 (19%)
 100% 9 (7%)
Protocol for ICP monitoring in patients at risk of IH during EES (immediately after admission)
Yes 48 (39%)
No 74 (61%)
Importance of ICP monitoring in patients at risk of IH during EES (immediately after admission)
Not important 1 (1%)
Somewhat important 19 (15%)
Important 40 (33%)
Very important 46 (38%)
Mandatory 16 (13%)

Abbreviations: ICP intracranial pressure, IH intracranial hypertension, EES emergency extracranial surgery