J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72 (5): 1158 - 1164, 2012. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824d1112 Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring Intracranial pressure monitoring is standard for patients with severe closed head injury and is occasionally used for some other brain disorders, such as in selected cases of hydrocephalus and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) or in postoperative or postembolic management of arteriovenous malformations.