caring for patients with severe head injury and increased intracranial pressure is one of the important activities of nurses. nurses with specialized information and new, faster decisions can be life-saving. the most important thing is that nurses should be aware of the activities and the factors that can increase intracranial pressure, to recognize. this triangle of risk factors for increased ...

a 34 day-old girl infant was admitted for poor feeding and cholestasis. she had a bulging fontanelle, with no evidence of intracranial infection or hemorrhage. investigations demonstrated that she had galactosemia. computed tomographic scans demonstrated the presence of diffuse cerebral edema. after treatment the edema resolved.

Background and Importance: Arachnoid cysts are benign nontumoral lesions that are usually found incidentally in brain imaging. Suprasellar Arachnoid Cysts (SSACs) are rare. They can cause hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure, lower cranial nerve impairment and endocrine disorder. Sometimes arachnoid cysts become complicated by subdural hematoma/hygroma.  Case Presentation: We...

After closure of the cranial fontanelles and sutures by 2 to 3 years of age, the skull is a rigid container of fixed volume. The intracranial contents constitute the brain bulk (80%), blood volume (10%), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (10%). According to the Monro-Kellie doctrine, intracranial volume is equal to the volume of the brain bulk, blood, CSF, and other mass lesions. Therefore, an incr...

37 Eva Lu T. Lee, MSN, ANP-BC, is a mid-level provider supervisor and an advanced practice nurse in the Department of Neuro-Oncology and Terri S. Armstrong, PhD, ANP-BC, is an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Nursing Care and an advanced practice nurse in the Department of Neuro-Oncology, both at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Mention of spec...

although measurement of intracranial pressure by noninvasive methods has been suggested, but mainly invasive methods are used for this purpose-increase in episcleral venous pressure can be expected to result in a linear increase in intraocular pressure. congested oculat veins with capillary leakage and hemorrhage are seen when the icp is increased, thus theoretically measurement of intraocular ...

conclusions although, the exact cause of pseudotumor cerebri in most individuals is unknown, but we should remind tuberculosis specially in endemic area for this infection. case presentation here, we presented a 14-year-old girl who referred to our hospital for fever, headache, vomiting and diplopia which has not respond to antibiotic therapy for acute meningitis. finally, with more evaluations...