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Increased intracranial pressure |
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| Alternative Names: | ICP; Intracranial pressure - increased
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| Treatment: | This condition is critical. The affected person will be in the hospital, possibly in an intensive care unit. They will be monitored and treated aggressively with a breathing tube (intubation), medication, and close monitoring.
Home care instructions will be sent home after the condition that caused the increased pressure has been resolved.
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| Expectations (prognosis): | Herniation of the brainstem can be fatal. Slow increases may be tolerated fairly well if the condition causing the increase can be controlled.
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| Calling your health care provider: | Children and adults with increased intracranial pressure are, by the time the diagnosis is made, in the hospital.
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Review Date: 11/28/2001
Reviewed By: Victoria Kennedy, RN, A.D.A.M. editorial (11/28/2001). Previous review: Lyle J. Dennis, MD Fellow in Critical Care Neurology and Epilepsy and Electroencephalography Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (5/8/2000).
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