Current trends in research and treatment of intracranial hypertension

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The effects of a severe head injury are immediate and have been the subject of research for decades. Heightened awareness of proposed metabolic changes and new treatments are guiding current management. The metabolic derangements that occur at the time of injury and continue through the acute phase are discussed as well as proposed treatments. In addition, advances in hemodynamic monitoring, respiratory management, and general aspects of nursing care are presented.

Medical Subject Headings

Beds; Craniocerebral Trauma (complications); Critical Care; Hemodynamics; Humans; Monitoring, Physiologic; Posture; Pseudotumor Cerebri (etiology, physiopathology, therapy); Research

Publication Date

5-1-1994

Publication Title

Critical care nursing quarterly

ISSN

0887-9303

Volume

17

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

8

PubMed ID

8180845

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/00002727-199405000-00002

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