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Med Int Mex 2014; 30 (5)

Brain edema I: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and neurological monitoring

Esqueda-Liquidano MA, Gutiérrez-Cabrera JJ, Cuéllar-Martínez S, Vargas-Tentori N, Ariñez-Barahona E, Flores-Álvarez E, Ruiz-Pérez J, Esqueda-Liquidano L, Loo-Salomé S

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 584-590
PDF size: 788.90 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Brain edema is a disease frequently found in our clinical practice and in critically ill patients with acute brain damage resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. It is defined, in a comprehensive manner, as the pathological increase in the amount of water in the brain that results in an increase in the volume of brain parenchyma, when the magnitude is enough, clinical signs appear. Its consequences are lethal and include brain ischemia secondary to compromise of regional or global cerebral blood flow and a change in the intracranial compartments due to increased intracranial pressure resulting in an oppression of vital brain structures. The objective of this first part is to achieve a proper understanding of the events underlying the pathophysiology, diagnosis and monitoring that allows us to reduce cases and morbidity and mortality end result in patients.


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