Managemente and nursing care in patients with suspected intracraneal hypertension in emergencies

Abstract

Introduction. The intracranial hypertension is a patology that shows a high mortality, although it depends of the etiology. The work must be urgent in the recognition of the patology and in the evaluation of the eficacy of the terapeutic methods that we can apply.

PICO. The question PICO is formed by pacients (P) that are patients with suspects of intracranial hypertension. The intervention (I) are the cuidados of enfermery, that it includes the monitorization of the intracranial pressure. The comparation (C) doesn’t exist in the question of investigation. The results or study variables (O) are the quick efficient performance to control parameters of high intracranial pressure in Urgencies and emergencies, with the goal to reduce by pharmacological measures and not pharmacological.

Methodology. Strategy of search: The metodologic design is a narrative review. It has done bibliografic searchs with the goal to achieve the highest available evidence about the matter and reduce biases, in diferrent data bases of Health Science and repositories of PubMed, Dialnet, and Scielo between 2012 and 2022.

Result and conclusion. As a conclusion, we will do a previous initial valoration. In case to continue suspecting of hipertensión intracraneal, we will begin with the monitorización of the intracranial pressure. First, we will do not invasive monitorization and after, we will do invasive monitorization. During the process of evaluation we must do a focus of staircase individualized through general prophylactic measures, integration of pacient and the family during all the process.