Care of a patient requiring intracranial pressure monitoring.
The use of a Codman bolt is described in a 14-year-old head-injured boy. The benefits of the Codman bolt in permitting titration of nursing actions against rises in intracranial pressure are highlighted. Arguments for retaining head injury patients in a general ICU with intracranial pressure monitoring are weighed against the dangers of transfer.
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Intensive Care Unit, Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust, Reading, Berks.
D000293:Adolescent; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000451:nursing*; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*