[Treatment of intracranial hypertension].
OBJECTIVE
To review the current therapeutic approach of intracranial hypertension in pediatric patients admitted to intensive care unit.


METHODS
Bibliographic review of the subject based on Medline.


RESULTS
The authors noticed that some measures to control intracranial hypertension are consensual, and others remain controversial.


CONCLUSIONS
The goals of management of pediatric patients with intracranial hypertension include: normalizing the intracranial pressure, optimizing cerebral blood flow and cerebral perfusion pressure, preventing second insults that exacerbate secondary injury, and avoiding complications associated with the various treatment modalities employed.
D002648:Child; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed