presion intracraneana elevada

Official reprint from UpToDate www.uptodate.com ©2013 UpToDate Authors Warren K Brasher, MD Robert C Tasker, MBBS, MD Section Editors Susan B Torrey, MD Marc C Patterson, MD, FRACP Adrienne G Randolph, MD, MSc Deputy Editor James F Wiley, II, MD, MPH... More

Official reprint from UpToDate www.uptodate.com ©2013 UpToDate Authors Warren K Brasher, MD Robert C Tasker, MBBS, MD Section Editors Susan B Torrey, MD Marc C Patterson, MD, FRACP Adrienne G Randolph, MD, MSc Deputy Editor James F Wiley, II, MD, MPH Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in children Disclosures All topics are updated as new evidence becomes available and our peer review process is complete. Literature review current through: Oct 2013. | This topic last updated: ago 7, 2013. INTRODUCTION — Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is a potentially devastating complication of neurologic injury. In children, increased ICP is most often a complication of traumatic brain injury; it may also occur in children who have hydrocephalus, brain tumors, or intracranial infections (table 1). Successful management of children with elevated ICP requires prompt recognition and therapy directed at both reducing ICP and reversing its underlying cause. Early recognition of elevated ICP can prev Less