Emergency Neurological Life Support: Intracranial Hypertension and Herniation

Overview

Journal Neurocrit Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2017 Sep 16

PMID 28913634

Citations 16

Authors

Rhonda Cadena

Michael Shoykhet

Jonathan J Ratcliff

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Abstract

Sustained intracranial hypertension and acute brain herniation are "brain codes," signifying catastrophic neurological events that require immediate recognition and treatment to prevent irreversible injury and death. As in cardiac arrest, a brain code mandates the organized implementation of a stepwise management algorithm. The goal of this Emergency Neurological Life Support protocol is to implement an evidence-based, standardized approach to the evaluation and management of patients with intracranial hypertension and/or herniation.

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