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Increased Intracranial Pressure

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Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) occurs when pressure is elevated inside the cranial vault due to causes such as head trauma and stroke. Increased ICP is a medical emergency with the potential for a variety of serious complications, including death. It requires urgent treatment.

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According to the Monro-Kellie hypothesis, the three components of the cranial vault (brain matter, cerebrospinal fluid and blood) can be considered to have a fixed total volume; therefore, if one of the three components increases in volume, there is little capacity for the total intracranial volume to increase. This results in raised intracranial pressure, which can have a variety of serious consequences

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Sally Moyle is a rehabilitation nurse educator with Epworth HealthCare. She has completed her masters of nursing (clinical nursing and teaching) and has experience in many nursing sectors including rehabilitation, orthopaedic, neurosurgery, emergency, aged care and general surgery. Sally is passionate about education in nursing in order to produce the best nurses possible.
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