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intracranialpressure.ppt
1. Nursing Management of
Intracranial Pressure
Presented By:
Mr. TAUQEER AHMED, Sr. Lecturer
(FUCN)
Dated: 11/10/22
AHN-II
BSN Year-II SEMESTER-IV
2. Objectives
By the end of this lecture, students will be able to:
Review the basic anatomy & physiology of
Brain/spinal cord and CSF
Understand the mechanism of CSF production
and regulation
Discuss the causes of ICP
Know the signs and symptoms owing to ICP
Discuss the Nursing interventions to manage
the ICP
3. Intracranial Pressure
• Refers to the pressure contained within the
cranial cavity.
• The normal range is between 0 to 15 mmHg.
• ICP over 20 mm/Hg is considered elevated ICP,
also known as intracranial hypertension.
• The management team becomes concerned
whenever a patient’s ICP is over 15 mm/Hg,
but is especially concerned when it reaches
levels of intracranial hypertension.
4. Intracranial Pressure
• Skull has three essential components:
- Brain tissue = 78%
- Blood = 12%
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) = 10%
• Any increase in any of these tissues
causes increased ICP
6. Factors that influence ICP
1. Arterial pressure
2. Venous pressure
3. Intraabdominal and intrathoracic pressure
4. Posture
5. Temperature
6. Blood gases (CO2 levels)
7. Intracranial Pressure
• The degree to which these factors ICP
depends on the ability of the brain to
accommodate to the changes
8. Regulation and Maintenance for
ICP
– If the volume in any one of the components
(brain tissue, blood, and CSF)
– increases within the cranial vault and the
volume from another component is
displaced, the total intracranial volume will
not change
9. Intracranial Pressure
Regulation and Maintenance
• Normal compensatory adaptations
– Alteration of CSF absorption or
production
– Shunting of CSF into spinal
subarachnoid space
– Shunting of venous blood out of the
skull
10. Mechanisms of Increased ICP
• Causes
– Mass lesion
– Cerebral edema
– Head injury
– Brain inflammation
– Metabolic insult
11. Increased Intracranial Pressure
Mechanisms of Increased ICP
• Sustained increases in ICP result in
brainstem compression and herniation of
the brain from one compartment to
another
30. Increased Intracranial Pressure
Collaborative Care
• Nutritional therapy
– Patient is in hypermetabolic and
hypercatabolic state
– Need for glucose
– Keep patient normovolemic
• IV 0.45% or 0.9% sodium chloride
31. Increased Intracranial Pressure
Nursing Management
Overall goals:
• ICP WNL
• Maintain patent airway
• Normal fluid and electrolyte balance
• No complications secondary to immobility
• Respiratory function
• Fluid and electrolyte balance
32. Increased Intracranial Pressure
Nursing Management
Overall goals (cont’d)
• Body position maintained in head-up
position: elevate HOB 30°
• Protection from injury: positioning/turning
• Pain control
• Psychological considerations
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