RT Book, Section
A1 Aisiku, Imoigele P.
A1 Zakaria, Asma
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Flaxman, Alex
A2 Marshall, John P.
SR Print(0)
ID 55813076
T1 Chapter 25. Management of Acute Intracranial Hypertension
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162824-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55813076
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  cranial  vault  is  a  rigid  structure  containing  brain,  blood,  and  cerebrospinal  fluid  (CSF).  According  to  the  Monro–Kellie  doctrine,  the  volume  of  this  chamber  is  unchangeable,  and  any  addition  of  contents  must  be  matched  by  a  displacement  of  volume  elsewhere.  The  goal  of  this  chapter  is  to  briefly  outline  the  pathophysiologic  processes  that  result  in  volume  shifts  in  the  cranium  and  measures  that  can  be  taken  to  identify  and  treat  these  conditions.