Neurology

• A brain injury or some other health problem can cause growing pressure inside your skull. This dangerous condition is called increased intracranial pressure (ICP). It can lead to a headache. It can also further injure your brain or spina cord?

  increased intracranial pressure
• CAUSE OF INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE?

  Bleeding into the brain

  Swelling in the brain

  Aneurysm
• s/s of ICP?

  blurred vision

  confusion

  high blood pressure
• tx for ICP?

  draining extra csf

  remove part of brain to ease swelling
• NI for ICP?

  Stabilize ICP by elevating bed head

  Maintaining neck neutrality

  Maintaining body temperature
• Swelling of the brain tissue due to increased fluid accumulation?

  brain edema
• Elevated ICP impairs cerebral blood flow, leading to ischemia and further brain damage?

  cerebral blood flow changes
• Increased pressure compresses blood vessels, reducing blood supply to the brain?

  compromised cerebral perfusion
• Pressure may force brain tissue to shift, causing herniation, where parts of the brain move into areas they shouldn't, risking damage?


  herniation
• are problems with the way the brain, spinal cord, or spine forms while a baby is growing in the mother’s uterus. These problems occur in about 1 in every 1,500 newborn babies each year?

  neural tube defects