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Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. If intracranial hypertension left untreated, may cause:
Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. If intracranial hypertension left untreated, may cause:


*Transtentorial herniation
*[[Transtentorial herniation]]
*Respiratory depression
*[[Respiratory depression]]
*Coma
*[[Coma]]
*Brain death
*[[Brain death]]


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==Diagnosis and Treatment==
==Diagnosis and Treatment==
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*[[Headache]]
*[[Nausea]]
*[[Vomiting]]
*[[Hyperventilation]]
*Ocular palsies (abducens palsy)
*Periorbital bruising
*Altered level of consciousness
*[[Papilledema]]
*[[Pupillary dilatation]]
*[[Cushing's triad]] ( Elevated [[systolic blood pressure]], a widened [[pulse pressure]], [[bradycardia]], and an abnormal respiratory pattern.
*[[Cheyne-Stokes respiration]]
*Bulging of [[fontanel]]s in infants}}
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*Invasive ICP monitoring sites<ref name="pmid7490638">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rosner MJ, Rosner SD, Johnson AH |title=Cerebral perfusion pressure: management protocol and clinical results |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=83 |issue=6 |pages=949–62 |date=December 1995 |pmid=7490638 |doi=10.3171/jns.1995.83.6.0949 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11129833">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lane PL, Skoretz TG, Doig G, Girotti MJ |title=Intracranial pressure monitoring and outcomes after traumatic brain injury |journal=Can J Surg |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=442–8 |date=December 2000 |pmid=11129833 |pmc=3695200 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12163808">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Moore M, MacKenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ |title=Management of severe head injury: institutional variations in care and effect on outcome |journal=Crit. Care Med. |volume=30 |issue=8 |pages=1870–6 |date=August 2002 |pmid=12163808 |doi=10.1097/00003246-200208000-00033 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18365169">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mauritz W, Steltzer H, Bauer P, Dolanski-Aghamanoukjan L, Metnitz P |title=Monitoring of intracranial pressure in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: an Austrian prospective multicenter study |journal=Intensive Care Med |volume=34 |issue=7 |pages=1208–15 |date=July 2008 |pmid=18365169 |doi=10.1007/s00134-008-1079-7 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17511545">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bratton SL, Chestnut RM, Ghajar J, McConnell Hammond FF, Harris OA, Hartl R, Manley GT, Nemecek A, Newell DW, Rosenthal G, Schouten J, Shutter L, Timmons SD, Ullman JS, Videtta W, Wilberger JE, Wright DW |title=Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. VII. Intracranial pressure monitoring technology |journal=J. Neurotrauma |volume=24 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S45–54 |date=2007 |pmid=17511545 |doi=10.1089/neu.2007.9989 |url=}}</ref>
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**[[Intraventricular]]<ref name="pmid6694707">{{cite journal |vauthors=Mayhall CG, Archer NH, Lamb VA, Spadora AC, Baggett JW, Ward JD, Narayan RK |title=Ventriculostomy-related infections. A prospective epidemiologic study |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=310 |issue=9 |pages=553–9 |date=March 1984 |pmid=6694707 |doi=10.1056/NEJM198403013100903 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid8751626">{{cite journal |vauthors=Holloway KL, Barnes T, Choi S, Bullock R, Marshall LF, Eisenberg HM, Jane JA, Ward JD, Young HF, Marmarou A |title=Ventriculostomy infections: the effect of monitoring duration and catheter exchange in 584 patients |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=85 |issue=3 |pages=419–24 |date=September 1996 |pmid=8751626 |doi=10.3171/jns.1996.85.3.0419 |url=}}</ref>
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**[[Intraparenchymal hemorrhage|Intraparenchymal]]<ref name="pmid3598682">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ostrup RC, Luerssen TG, Marshall LF, Zornow MH |title=Continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure with a miniaturized fiberoptic device |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=206–9 |date=August 1987 |pmid=3598682 |doi=10.3171/jns.1987.67.2.0206 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1436417">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gambardella G, d'Avella D, Tomasello F |title=Monitoring of brain tissue pressure with a fiberoptic device |journal=Neurosurgery |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=918–21; discussion 921–2 |date=November 1992 |pmid=1436417 |doi=10.1227/00006123-199211000-00014 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid8923072">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bochicchio M, Latronico N, Zappa S, Beindorf A, Candiani A |title=Bedside burr hole for intracranial pressure monitoring performed by intensive care physicians. A 5-year experience |journal=Intensive Care Med |volume=22 |issue=10 |pages=1070–4 |date=October 1996 |pmid=8923072 |doi=10.1007/BF01699230 |url=}}</ref>
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**[[Subarachnoid]]<ref name="pmid17511545">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bratton SL, Chestnut RM, Ghajar J, McConnell Hammond FF, Harris OA, Hartl R, Manley GT, Nemecek A, Newell DW, Rosenthal G, Schouten J, Shutter L, Timmons SD, Ullman JS, Videtta W, Wilberger JE, Wright DW |title=Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. VII. Intracranial pressure monitoring technology |journal=J. Neurotrauma |volume=24 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S45–54 |date=2007 |pmid=17511545 |doi=10.1089/neu.2007.9989 |url=}}</ref>
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**[[Epidural]]<ref name="pmid17511545">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bratton SL, Chestnut RM, Ghajar J, McConnell Hammond FF, Harris OA, Hartl R, Manley GT, Nemecek A, Newell DW, Rosenthal G, Schouten J, Shutter L, Timmons SD, Ullman JS, Videtta W, Wilberger JE, Wright DW |title=Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury. VII. Intracranial pressure monitoring technology |journal=J. Neurotrauma |volume=24 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S45–54 |date=2007 |pmid=17511545 |doi=10.1089/neu.2007.9989 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3748354">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miller JD, Bobo H, Kapp JP |title=Inaccurate pressure readings for subarachnoid bolts |journal=Neurosurgery |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=253–5 |date=August 1986 |pmid=3748354 |doi=10.1227/00006123-198608000-00012 |url=}}</ref>
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*Noninvasive devices still need further large randomized trials to prove their clinical efficacy. They are not used in clinical practice but are still under investigation and include:<ref name="pmid9012577">{{cite journal |vauthors=Manno EM |title=Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in the neurocritical care unit |journal=Crit Care Clin |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=79–104 |date=January 1997 |pmid=9012577 |doi=10.1016/s0749-0704(05)70297-9 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15591334">{{cite journal |vauthors=Edouard AR, Vanhille E, Le Moigno S, Benhamou D, Mazoit JX |title=Non-invasive assessment of cerebral perfusion pressure in brain injured patients with moderate intracranial hypertension |journal=Br J Anaesth |volume=94 |issue=2 |pages=216–21 |date=February 2005 |pmid=15591334 |doi=10.1093/bja/aei034 |url=}}</ref>
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**Transcranial Doppler (TCD)<ref name="pmid7143059">{{cite journal |vauthors=Aaslid R, Markwalder TM, Nornes H |title=Noninvasive transcranial Doppler ultrasound recording of flow velocity in basal cerebral arteries |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=769–74 |date=December 1982 |pmid=7143059 |doi=10.3171/jns.1982.57.6.0769 |url=}}</ref>
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**Tissue resonance analysis (TRA)<ref name="pmid12066918">{{cite journal |vauthors=Michaeli D, Rappaport ZH |title=Tissue resonance analysis; a novel method for noninvasive monitoring of intracranial pressure. Technical note |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=96 |issue=6 |pages=1132–7 |date=June 2002 |pmid=12066918 |doi=10.3171/jns.2002.96.6.1132 |url=}}</ref>
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**Ocular sonography<ref name="pmid19636971">{{cite journal |vauthors=Moretti R, Pizzi B, Cassini F, Vivaldi N |title=Reliability of optic nerve ultrasound for the evaluation of patients with spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage |journal=Neurocrit Care |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=406–10 |date=December 2009 |pmid=19636971 |doi=10.1007/s12028-009-9250-8 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19098619">{{cite journal |vauthors=Moretti R, Pizzi B |title=Optic nerve ultrasound for detection of intracranial hypertension in intracranial hemorrhage patients: confirmation of previous findings in a different patient population |journal=J Neurosurg Anesthesiol |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=16–20 |date=January 2009 |pmid=19098619 |doi=10.1097/ANA.0b013e318185996a |url=}}</ref>
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**[[Intraocular pressure (IOP)|Intraocular pressure]]<ref name="pmid10752710">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sheeran P, Bland JM, Hall GM |title=Intraocular pressure changes and alterations in intracranial pressure |journal=Lancet |volume=355 |issue=9207 |pages=899 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10752710 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02768-3 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18570302">{{cite journal |vauthors=Han Y, McCulley TJ, Horton JC |title=No correlation between intraocular pressure and intracranial pressure |journal=Ann. Neurol. |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=221–4 |date=August 2008 |pmid=18570302 |doi=10.1002/ana.21416 |url=}}</ref>
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**Tympanic membrane displacement
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{{Family tree | D01 | | | | D01= Increased Intracranial pressure ICP>20mmHg}}
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{{Family tree | E01 | | | | |E01= [[Resuscitation<ref name="pmid10961490">{{cite journal |vauthors=Procaccio F, Stocchetti N, Citerio G, Berardino M, Beretta L, Della Corte F, D'Avella D, Brambilla GL, Delfini R, Servadei F, Tomei G |title=Guidelines for the treatment of adults with severe head trauma (part I). Initial assessment; evaluation and pre-hospital treatment; current criteria for hospital admission; systemic and cerebral monitoring |journal=J Neurosurg Sci |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=1–10 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10961490 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10961491">{{cite journal |vauthors=Procaccio F, Stocchetti N, Citerio G, Berardino M, Beretta L, Della Corte F, D'Avella D, Brambilla GL, Delfini R, Servadei F, Tomei G |title=Guidelines for the treatment of adults with severe head trauma (part II). Criteria for medical treatment |journal=J Neurosurg Sci |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=11–8 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10961491 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid10961492">{{cite journal |vauthors=Davella D, Brambilla GL, Delfini R, Servadei F, Tomei G, Procaccio F, Stocchetti N, Citerio G, Berardino M, Beretta L, Della Corte F |title=Guidelines for the treatment of adults with severe head trauma (part III). Criteria for surgical treatment |journal=J Neurosurg Sci |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=19–24 |date=March 2000 |pmid=10961492 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11696494">{{cite journal |vauthors=Robinson N, Clancy M |title=In patients with head injury undergoing rapid sequence intubation, does pretreatment with intravenous lignocaine/lidocaine lead to an improved neurological outcome? A review of the literature |journal=Emerg Med J |volume=18 |issue=6 |pages=453–7 |date=November 2001 |pmid=11696494 |pmc=1725712 |doi=10.1136/emj.18.6.453 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15259869">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smith ER, Madsen JR |title=Neurosurgical aspects of critical care neurology |journal=Semin Pediatr Neurol |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=169–78 |date=June 2004 |pmid=15259869 |doi=10.1016/j.spen.2004.04.002 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15259863">{{cite journal |vauthors=Smith ER, Madsen JR |title=Cerebral pathophysiology and critical care neurology: basic hemodynamic principles, cerebral perfusion, and intracranial pressure |journal=Semin Pediatr Neurol |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=89–104 |date=June 2004 |pmid=15259863 |doi=10.1016/j.spen.2004.04.001 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1404521">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schmoker JD, Shackford SR, Wald SL, Pietropaoli JA |title=An analysis of the relationship between fluid and sodium administration and intracranial pressure after head injury |journal=J Trauma |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=476–81 |date=September 1992 |pmid=1404521 |doi=10.1097/00005373-199209000-00024 |url=}}</ref>]]
*Maintain oxygen
*Head elevation at 30
*[[Hyperventilation]] to achieve a PaCO2 of 26-30 mmHg
*Osmotic diuresis with intravenous [[mannitol]]
*Appropriate sedation, if patient requires intubation
*[[Therapeutic hypothermia]] to achieve a low metabolic state
*Appropriate choice of fluids to achieve euvolemic state. 
*Allow permissive [[hypertension]].  Treat hypertension only when CPP >120 mmHg and ICP >20 mmHg
*[[Seizure]] prophylaxis with anticonvulsant therapy}}
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{{Family tree | F01 | | | |F01= If ICP is stable and the patient is responding well to resuscitation measures
* Continue aggressive osmotic diuresis with IV mannitol and furosemide<ref name="pmid2879175">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bell BA, Smith MA, Kean DM, McGhee CN, MacDonald HL, Miller JD, Barnett GH, Tocher JL, Douglas RH, Best JJ |title=Brain water measured by magnetic resonance imaging. Correlation with direct estimation and changes after mannitol and dexamethasone |journal=Lancet |volume=1 |issue=8524 |pages=66–9 |date=January 1987 |pmid=2879175 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(87)91908-8 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3086519">{{cite journal |vauthors=Nath F, Galbraith S |title=The effect of mannitol on cerebral white matter water content |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=41–3 |date=July 1986 |pmid=3086519 |doi=10.3171/jns.1986.65.1.0041 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Glucocorticoids]] when underlying etiology is brain tumor or CNS infection<ref name="pmid15474134">{{cite journal |vauthors=Roberts I, Yates D, Sandercock P, Farrell B, Wasserberg J, Lomas G, Cottingham R, Svoboda P, Brayley N, Mazairac G, Laloë V, Muñoz-Sánchez A, Arango M, Hartzenberg B, Khamis H, Yutthakasemsunt S, Komolafe E, Olldashi F, Yadav Y, Murillo-Cabezas F, Shakur H, Edwards P |title=Effect of intravenous corticosteroids on death within 14 days in 10008 adults with clinically significant head injury (MRC CRASH trial): randomised placebo-controlled trial |journal=Lancet |volume=364 |issue=9442 |pages=1321–8 |date=2004 |pmid=15474134 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17188-2 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Phenobarbital]] (Barbiturates)<ref name="pmid639524">{{cite journal |vauthors=Marshall LF, Shapiro HM, Rauscher A, Kaufman NM |title=Pentobarbital therapy for intracranial hypertension in metabolic coma. Reye's syndrome |journal=Crit. Care Med. |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=1–5 |date=1978 |pmid=639524 |doi=10.1097/00003246-197801000-00001 |url=}}</ref> }}
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*[[CSF]] drainage via [[ventriculostomy]]
**CSF is usually drained at a rate of 1 to 2 mL/minute for 2 to 3 minutes. The procedure is repeated after every 2 to 3 minutes, until ICP is less than 20mmHg
*[[Decompressive craniectomy]]<ref name="pmid3075392">{{cite journal |vauthors=Burkert W, Paver HD |title=[Decompressive trepanation in therapy refractory brain edema] |language=German |journal=Zentralbl. Neurochir. |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=318–23 |date=1988 |pmid=3075392 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid2624017">{{cite journal |vauthors=Burkert W, Plaumann H |title=[The value of large pressure-relieving trepanation in treatment of refractory brain edema. Animal experiment studies, initial clinical results] |language=German |journal=Zentralbl. Neurochir. |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=106–8 |date=1989 |pmid=2624017 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3655895">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hatashita S, Hoff JT |title=The effect of craniectomy on the biomechanics of normal brain |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=573–8 |date=October 1987 |pmid=3655895 |doi=10.3171/jns.1987.67.4.0573 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3336907">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hatashita S, Hoff JT |title=Biomechanics of brain edema in acute cerebral ischemia in cats |journal=Stroke |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=91–7 |date=January 1988 |pmid=3336907 |doi=10.1161/01.str.19.1.91 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid2089950">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rinaldi A, Mangiola A, Anile C, Maira G, Amante P, Ferraresi A |title=Hemodynamic effects of decompressive craniectomy in cold induced brain oedema |journal=Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) |volume=51 |issue= |pages=394–6 |date=1990 |pmid=2089950 |doi=10.1007/978-3-7091-9115-6_132 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid477464">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gaab M, Knoblich OE, Fuhrmeister U, Pflughaupt KW, Dietrich K |title=Comparison of the effects of surgical decompression and resection of local edema in the therapy of experimental brain trauma. Investigation of ICP, EEG and cerebral metabolism in cats |journal=Childs Brain |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=484–98 |date=1979 |pmid=477464 |doi=10.1159/000119844 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid8737804">{{cite journal |vauthors=Dam Hieu P, Sizun J, Person H, Besson G |title=The place of decompressive surgery in the treatment of uncontrollable post-traumatic intracranial hypertension in children |journal=Childs Nerv Syst |volume=12 |issue=5 |pages=270–5 |date=May 1996 |pmid=8737804 |doi=10.1007/BF00261809 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3200370">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gower DJ, Lee KS, McWhorter JM |title=Role of subtemporal decompression in severe closed head injury |journal=Neurosurgery |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=417–22 |date=October 1988 |pmid=3200370 |doi=10.1227/00006123-198810000-00002 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9950487">{{cite journal |vauthors=Guerra WK, Gaab MR, Dietz H, Mueller JU, Piek J, Fritsch MJ |title=Surgical decompression for traumatic brain swelling: indications and results |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=90 |issue=2 |pages=187–96 |date=February 1999 |pmid=9950487 |doi=10.3171/jns.1999.90.2.0187 |url=}}</ref> }}
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==Don'ts==
==Don'ts==
*Don't give hpyotonic fluids
*Don't aggresively treat hypertension


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Latest revision as of 04:25, 29 August 2020

Intracranial Hypertension Resident Survival Guide Microchapters
Overview
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Do's
Don'ts


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabeeh Islam, MBBS[2]

Synonyms and keywords:

Overview

Intracranial pressure, (ICP), is the pressure exerted by three structures inside the cranium; brain parenchyma, CSF and blood. The norma ICP is 10-15 mmHg and is usually maintained by equilibrium of the intracranial contents. Intracranial hypertension ( IH), is elevation of the pressure in the cranium. It typically occurs when the ICP is >20 mmHg. Hans Queckenstedt's was the first person to use lumbar needle for ICP monitoring. Intracranial hypertension is generally categorized as acute or chronic. The Monro-Kellie hypothesis explains the relationship between the contents of the cranium and intracranial pressure. It explains the underlying pathophysiology of elevated intracranial pressure or intracranial hypertension. Several pathophysiologic mechanisms are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of Increased Intracaranial pressure (ICP) or Intracranial hypertension (ICH). All mechanisms eventually lead to brain injury from brain stem compression and decreased cerebral blood supply or ischemia. Increased Intracaranial pressure (ICP) or Intracranial hypertension (ICH) must be differentiated from other diseases that cause headache, nausea, vomiting and neurologic deficits such as tumor, abscess or space occupying lesion, venous sinus thrombosis, neck surgery, Obstructive hydrocephalus, meningitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, choroid plexus papilloma, and Malignant systemic hypertension. The diagnosis of Increased Intracaranial pressure (ICP) or Intracranial hypertension (ICH) is made when ICP is >20 mmHg. CT scan or MRI may be considered initial diagnostic investigations.  Intracranial hypertension is considered to be emergency condition.  Treatment includes resuscitative measures and specific directed therapy.  Resuscitative measures include oxygen, blood pressure and ICP monitoring, osmotic diuresis, head elevation up to 30 degrees, therapeutic hypothermia and seizure prophylaxis.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions that may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. If intracranial hypertension left untreated, may cause:

Common Causes

Diagnosis and Treatment

 
 
 
Signs and symptoms of Intracranial Hypertension
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CT scan/MRI to rule out tumor, hematoma etc
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Monitor Intracranial pressure (ICP >20mmHg), Low Pao2, High Paco2
 
 
 
Surgical evacuation if + for mass
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increased Intracranial pressure ICP>20mmHg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Resuscitation[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]]]
  • Maintain oxygen
  • Head elevation at 30
  • Hyperventilation to achieve a PaCO2 of 26-30 mmHg
  • Osmotic diuresis with intravenous mannitol
  • Appropriate sedation, if patient requires intubation
  • Therapeutic hypothermia to achieve a low metabolic state
  • Appropriate choice of fluids to achieve euvolemic state.
  • Allow permissive hypertension. Treat hypertension only when CPP >120 mmHg and ICP >20 mmHg
  • Seizure prophylaxis with anticonvulsant therapy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
If ICP is stable and the patient is responding well to resuscitation measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Persistently elevated Intracranial pressure ICP>20mmHg despite above-mentioned measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Surgical evacuation
 
 
 

Do's

  • Maintain oxygen
  • Head elevation
  • Hyperventilation to achieve a PaCO2 of 26-30 mmHg
  • Osmotic diuresis with intravenous mannitol and Lasix
  • Appropriate sedation, if patient requires intubation. Propofol is considered to be the preferred agent.
  • Therapeutic hypothermia to achieve a low metabolic state
  • Appropriate choice of fluids to achieve euvolemic state. Avoid hypotonic agents
  • Allow permissive hypertension. Treat hypertension only when CPP >120 mmHg and ICP >20 mmHg
  • Seizure prophylaxis with anticonvulsant therapy.

Don'ts

  • Don't give hpyotonic fluids
  • Don't aggresively treat hypertension

References

  1. ↑ Rosner MJ, Rosner SD, Johnson AH (December 1995). "Cerebral perfusion pressure: management protocol and clinical results". J. Neurosurg. 83 (6): 949–62. doi:10.3171/jns.1995.83.6.0949. PMID 7490638.
  2. ↑ Lane PL, Skoretz TG, Doig G, Girotti MJ (December 2000). "Intracranial pressure monitoring and outcomes after traumatic brain injury". Can J Surg. 43 (6): 442–8. PMC 3695200. PMID 11129833.
  3. ↑ Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Rivara FP, Moore M, MacKenzie EJ, Jurkovich GJ (August 2002). "Management of severe head injury: institutional variations in care and effect on outcome". Crit. Care Med. 30 (8): 1870–6. doi:10.1097/00003246-200208000-00033. PMID 12163808.
  4. ↑ Mauritz W, Steltzer H, Bauer P, Dolanski-Aghamanoukjan L, Metnitz P (July 2008). "Monitoring of intracranial pressure in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: an Austrian prospective multicenter study". Intensive Care Med. 34 (7): 1208–15. doi:10.1007/s00134-008-1079-7. PMID 18365169.
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