Intracranial pressure and cerebrovascular autoregulation in pediatric critical illness.
Protecting the brain in vulnerable infants and children with critical illness involving the brain is a central aspect of pediatric intensive care and neurocritical care. Collectively, illness-induced derangements in intracranial pressure, circulatory homeostasis, and pressure autoregulation are all fundamental in informing bedside management. Therefore, this review provides an understanding of these entities and a physiological approach to bedside care and monitoring.
Departments of Neurology and Anaesthesia (Pediatrics), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children׳s Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Boston Children׳s Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: robert.tasker@childrens.harvard.edu.
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D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*