Multimodal neuromonitoring-related complications in patients with severe acute brain injury: a retrospective cohort study
Tobias Sjørslev Bodilsen, Trine Hjorslev Andreasen, Markus Harboe Olsen, Anne-Sophie Worm Fenger, Alexandra Vassilieva, Helene Ravnholt Jensen, Kirsten Møller · 2026
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Tobias Sjørslev Bodilsen and co-authors audit, in a 2026 Danish study, the side effects of placing several monitoring probes into injured brains. Intensive care teams use combined probes to track skull pressure, brain oxygen, and brain chemistry after severe injury. Records covered 223 patients at one national hospital between 2017 and 2023. Scans after placement were reviewed in 196 of those patients.
About 13 percent of scanned patients had a small bleed at the probe site, and about a third had a probe in a less-than-ideal spot. Air inside the skull and bone fragments also appeared often on scans. Almost none of these findings needed any treatment. Infection was rare, under 1 percent, though probe faults were reported fairly often. Six-month outcomes did not differ for patients with complications, which tempers worry about the technique.
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| CREATOR | Tobias Sjørslev Bodilsen, Trine Hjorslev Andreasen, Markus Harboe Olsen, Anne-Sophie Worm Fenger, Alexandra Vassilieva, Helene Ravnholt Jensen, Kirsten Møller |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35080 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |