Head injury is a common occurrence that often leads to raised intracranial pressure (ICP). While the best care for patients with head injury might be in specialist neuroscience units, limited places mean that nurses working outside these units might also encounter patients with raised ICP. This article describes the pathophysiology of raised ICP in relation to vital observations and nursing int...

Ocular complications in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) are commonly attributed to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). We report a case of reversible vision loss complicating AIDS-related CM with a normal ICP. We review other cases of blindness in CM with normal ICP and the potential role of corticosteroids as treatment.

measurement. real-time estimation of ICP could spare patients the pain of and recovery from more invasive methods of immediately upon examining a patient. Such a model-based approach will find use in many clinical situations where it does not require calibration or training before application. This feature makes it amenable to use in the clinic, is that −− other than its ability to estimate ICP...

OBJECTIVE To audit the reliability of the Camino intracranial pressure (ICP) sensor (Camino Laboratories, San Diego, CA) in our clinical practice as part of a continuing quality assurance program, and to assess its relative usefulness as compared with currently available ICP monitoring technologies that we reviewed. DESIGN Prospective audit of ICP device reliability and function in 50 patient...

PURPOSE The objective of our trial was to obtain more comprehensive data on the risks and benefits of kinetic therapy in intensive care patients with intracerebral pathology. METHODS Standardized data of prone positioning in our NeuroIntensive Care Unit were collected from 2007 onward. A post hoc analysis of all available data was undertaken, with special consideration given to values of intr...

BACKGROUND Cryptococcal meningitis is associated with increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Therapeutic lumbar puncture (LP) is recommended when the initial ICP is >250 mm H2O, yet the availability of manometers in Africa is limited and not always used where available. We assessed whether intraocular pressure could be a noninvasive surrogate predictor to determine when additional therapeutic L...

measurement. real-time estimation of ICP could spare patients the pain of and recovery from more invasive methods of immediately upon examining a patient. Such a model-based approach will find use in many clinical situations where it does not require calibration or training before application. This feature makes it amenable to use in the clinic, is that −− other than its ability to estimate ICP...

The goal of this study was to compare the Spiegelberg intraventricular intracranial pressure (ICP)/intracranial compliance monitoring device, which features an air-pouch balloon catheter, with existing gold-standard methods of measuring ICP and intracranial compliance. A Spiegelberg intraventricular catheter, a standard intraventricular catheter, and a Codman intraparenchymal ICP microsensor we...

BACKGROUND In order to characterize the intracranial pressure-volume reserve capacity, the correlation coefficient (R) between the ICP wave amplitude (A) and the mean ICP level (P), the RAP index, has been used to improve the diagnostic value of ICP monitoring. Baseline pressure errors (BPEs), caused by spontaneous shifts or drifts in baseline pressure, cause erroneous readings of mean ICP. Con...

Progress in medical knowledge can be represented by an ascending spiral in which every loop stands over previous data, adds new findings that deepen our understanding of a disease, and helps to design further research and therapeutic strategies. New loops are frequently inspired by novel approaches to accepted hypotheses and usually supported by the use of more advanced technologies, as seems t...