title: The comatose child: analysis of factors affecting intracranial pressure.
abstract: The child with a head injury is a critical care nursing challenge. Care objectives include decreasing the physical and emotional effects of brain trauma and assisting the child to return to the highest possible level of functioning.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Farley
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D003422:Critical Care; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods; D014110:Touch