A Fatal Strike By an Inverted Cerebral Perfusion Pressure. Issue 4 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Xiang; Liu, Yan-Hui; Mao, Qing; You, Chao
• Is Part Of: Neurosurgery quarterly. Volume 25:Issue 4(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: aneurysm rupture -- extremely high intracranial pressure -- external ventricular drainage -- ICP monitor; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.4805
• DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0000000000000118
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-6438

Abstract

Abstract : This is the first documented case of a most extremely high intracranial pressure recorded by now and an inverted cerebral perfusion pressure at the time of an aneurysm rupture. This case illustrates the challenges of managing patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and the proposes that inverted cerebral perfusion pressure may be a fatal signal for the prognosis.