When Does an ICP Crisis Really Count? BOOST II Raises Questions About Bedside Detection in Severe TBI

Highlights

In severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), intracranial pressure (ICP) crises guide urgent treatment decisions, yet the standard bedside method may not always reflect the underlying electronic signal.

In this post hoc BOOST II analysis, only 47% of bedside-defined “minimalist” ICP episodes were confirmed by concurrent electronic data during the 5-minute qualifying window.