Intracranial hypertension (ICH) complicates roughly 25% of acute liver failure (ALF) patients with grade III/IV encephalopathy. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is controversial due to complications in 5 to 20% and absence of documented mortality benefit.
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Karvellas, C., Fix, O., Battenhouse, H., Durkalski, V., Sanders, C., & Lee, W. (2012). Intracranial pressure monitoring in acute liver failure: a retrospective cohort study. Critical Care, 16(S1). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc10915
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