title: Increased intracranial pressure in head injury and influence of blood volume.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
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authors.lastname: Marmarou
mesh_terms: 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*