Review Article

The Significance of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring for Reducing Mortality in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Search strings.

DatabaseSearch string

PubMed/APA PsycNet(“intracranial pressure monitoring” OR “ICP monitor”) AND (TBI OR “traumatic brain injury” OR “craniocerebral trauma” OR “brain trauma” OR “intracranial pressure”) AND (mortality OR death)
ScopusTITLE-ABS-KEY ((“intracranial pressure monitoring” OR “ICP monitor”) AND (tbi OR “traumatic brain injury” OR “craniocerebral trauma” OR “brain trauma” OR “intracranial pressure”) AND (mortality OR death)) AND PUBYEAR >1999 AND PUBYEAR >1999
CENTRAL(“intracranial pressure monitoring” OR “ICP monitor”) AND (TBI OR “traumatic brain injury” OR “craniocerebral trauma” OR “brain trauma” OR “intracranial pressure”) AND (mortality OR death) in Title Abstract Keyword - with Cochrane Library publication date Between Jan 2000 and Jan 2022 (Word variations have been searched)

Note: a date filter from 2000 to 2022 was applied when searching the databases.