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Intracranial pressure monitoring


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Intracranial pressure monitoring
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Alternative Names

ICP monitoring; CSF pressure monitoring


What the risks are
  • Bleeding
  • Brain herniation or injury from the increased pressure
  • Damage to the brain tissue
  • Inability to find the ventricle and place catheter
  • Infection
  • Risks of general anesthesia

Special considerations



Review Date: 04/30/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).




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