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Monitoreo de la presión intracraneal - Results

Nombres alternativos

Monitoreo de la PIC; Monitoreo de la presión del LCR

Valores normales:

Normalmente, la PIC fluctúa entre 1 a 20 mm Hg.

Nota: mm Hg = milímetros de mercurio.

Nota: los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

La presión intracraneal elevada significa que tanto el sistema nervioso como los tejidos de los vasos sanguíneos están bajo presión. Sin tratamiento, esto puede provocar un daño permanente y, en algunos casos, puede ser potencialmente mortal.

Monitoreo de la presión intracraneal

Reviewed last on: 4/30/2011
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.

Referencias

Rabinstein AA. Principles of neurointensive care. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 49.

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