Therapeutische Umschau. Revue thérapeutique
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The most frequent complication of an acute cerebral lesion is brain edema. With increasing size of brain edema an increase in intracranial pressure is observed. This leads to decreased cerebral perfusion and brain death. ⋯ Symptoms are headache, vomiting, vision disturbances and, with increased intracranial pressure, bradicardy, respiration disturbances and at the end brain death by compression of the cerebrum. Therapy is directed to the underlying disease. Unfortunately, even today specific therapeutical approaches are limited.