Increased intracranial pressure in head injury and influence of blood volume.
This article reviews the progress made by the Traumatic Coma Data (TCD) bank participants in studying the influence of raised intracranial pressure (ICP) on outcome in head-injured patients and summarizes new concepts of the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved n ICP rise.
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Division of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
D001810:Blood Volume; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003128:Coma; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D010211:Papilledema / Q000503:physiopathology*