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Evaluation and management of elevated intracranial pressure in adults - UpToDate

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Evaluation and management of elevated intracranial pressure in adults INTRODUCTION Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is a potentially devastating complication of neurologic injury. Elevated ICP may complicate trauma, central nervous system (CNS) tumors, hydrocephalus, hepatic encephalopathy, and impaired CNS venous outflow (table 1) [1]. Successful management of patients with elevated ICP requires prompt recognition, the judicious use of invasive monitoring, and therapy directed at both reducing ICP and reversing its underlying cause [2,3]. The evaluation and management of adult…

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