AACN clinical issues in critical care nursing
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AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs · Feb 1994
ReviewAdvances in managing increased intracranial pressure: a decade of selected research.
There have been tremendous advances in the diagnosis and treatment of increased intracranial pressure in the past decade. The author presents a review of the pathophysiology of intracranial hypertension, incorporating recent data from neuroscience research. Additional investigations that have implications for the nursing care of patients with actual or potential intracranial pressure also are described.