title: [External ventricular drainage. Nursing care].
abstract: The authors review the anatomy of the ventricular system, Intracranial Pressure and the alteration of ventricular function which leads to the temporary installation of an external drainage system, the complications derived from the installation and maintenance of that system, as well as the care which will be provided to the patient.
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000451:nursing; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000451:nursing*