TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ventriculostomy A1 - Burke, John A1 - Toossi, Shahed A1 - Madhok, Debbie Yi A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - An external ventricular drain (EVD) is the gold standard for measuring intracranial pressure (ICP) because it is both diagnostic and therapeutic.1 Elevated ICP can be quickly ascertained and subsequently relieved by draining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the EVD catheter. Occasionally, placement of an EVD represents an emergent lifesaving procedure that needs to be done within minutes in a patient who is deteriorating rapidly from a neurologic perspective.2 This chapter will discuss some of the situations when this procedure may be considered, other therapeutic options, and an explanation of how to perform an emergent ventriculostomy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159804763 ER -