Alleviating the effects of care on the intracranial pressure (ICP) of head injured patients by manipulating nursing care activities

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margot Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Injured Patients

scholarly journals Left or right, up or down: A case for positioning of unconcious head-injured patients

Curationis ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hugo
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Cerebral Perfusion ◽  
Perfusion Pressure ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Injured Patients ◽  
Increased Icp

Nursing care activities have been proved to cause increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) which could be detrimental to the patient’s health. Because positioning is one of the activities that causes the greatest pressure changes it was evaluated in this study. Cumulative increases also occur when nursing care activities are carried out in quick succession. The analysis of the data and literature suggest that the backrest position with the head of the bed elevated 30 to 45 degrees is the best position for a patient with increased ICP. If further research should prove that this position has a negative influence on the cerebral perfusion pressure, these recommendations will have to be revised.

scholarly journals Opioid sedation does not alter intracranial pressure in head injured patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 929-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn K Lauer ◽  
Lois A. Connolly ◽  
William T. Schmeling
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Injured Patients

Intracranial Pressure in Head-injured Patients with Various Intracranial Lesions Is Identical throughout the Supratentorial Intracranial Compartment

Neurosurgery ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 688-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masami Yano ◽  
Yukio Ikeda ◽  
Shiro Kobayashi ◽  
Toshibumi Otsuka
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Intracranial Lesions ◽  
Intracranial Pressures ◽  
The Right ◽  
Injured Patients

Abstract Subarachnoid pressure was measured by bifrontal catheterization to obtain concurrent comparative intracranial pressures (ICPs). These ICPs were compared in 15 head-injured patients who had differences in the pathological processes affecting the right and left hemispheres. ICPs in these patients ranged from -3 to 130 mm Hg, but no difference was found in the concurrent comparative ICPs. These findings suggest that the supratentorial space can generally be considered as one compartment regardless of the differences in types of intracranial lesions. (Neurosurgery 21:688-692, 1985)

scholarly journals Initial intracranial pressure as a prognosticator in head-injured patients undergoing decompressive craniectomy

Oncotarget ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (38) ◽  
pp. 62657-62663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Liu ◽  
Rong Xu ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Guanghui Ren ◽  
Shengxue He
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Pressure ◽  
Decompressive Craniectomy ◽  
Head Injured ◽  
Injured Patients
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