Raised intracranial pressure associated with hypercarbia after tourniquet release.
We report a case of acute raised intracranial pressure soon after deflation of arterial tourniquets in a patient with limb injuries as well as a severe head injury. The likely mechanism was release of carbon dioxide into the circulation as the ischaemic limbs were re-perfused.
Sparling
R J
RJ
Department of Anaesthesia, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
Murray
A W
AW
Choksey
M
M
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014111:Tourniquets
D002245:Carbon Dioxide