RT Book, Section A1 Kirsch, Hannah A1 Toossi, Shahed A1 Madhok, Debbie Yi A2 Reichman, Eric F. SR Print(0) ID 1159804707 T1 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861925 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159804707 RD 2024/10/11 AB Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) can be a life-threatening result of brain injury (e.g., traumatic), edema (e.g., encephalopathy, postoperative, stroke, or trauma), expanding intracranial masses (e.g., abscesses, epidural hemorrhage, intraparenchymal hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, and tumors), hydrocephalus (e.g., aqueductal stenosis, Chiari malformation, or lesions obstructing cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] flow), infection (e.g., abscesses and meningitis), ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, metabolic abnormalities (i.e., encephalopathy, hypo-osmolality, and uremia), neurologic disorders, and pseudotumor cerebri. Elevated ICP can lead to disability, death, and permanent neurologic damage. It is often seen in the Emergency Department in relation to head trauma. High ICP may be seen just before death. Control of elevated ICP and fluctuations may improve recovery.