Increased intracranial pressure

Increased intracranial pressure Increased intracranial pressure When the average cerebrospinal fluid pressure of an adult measured in the lateral position exceeds 1.96 kPa (equivalent to 200 mm water column), it is called increased intracranial pressure. Increased intracranial pressure is a group of symptoms common to many diseases common in the clinic. There are two types of intracranial pressure elevation, namely diffuse intracranial pressure elevation and localized intracranial pressure elevation, and then spread to the whole brain through diffusion. Diffuse intracranial pressure usually has a good prognosis, a higher limit of tolerable pressure, which can be buffered through physiological adjustment, and nerve function recovers faster after the pressure is relieved, while local intracranial pressure increase has poor regulation and can withstand The stress limit is low, and nerve function recovers slowly after the stress is relieved.

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