Managing children with raised intracranial pressure: part one (introduction and meningitis)
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Managing children with raised intracranial pressure: part one (introduction and meningitis)

Siba Paul Specialty trainee year six in paediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Joanne Smith Head of children’s nursing, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
Jessica Green Specialty trainee, year three in paediatrics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Adam Smith-Collins Clinical lecturer in neonatal medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, and School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol
Ravindranath Chinthapalli Consultant paediatrician, Great Western Hospital, Swindon

Intracranial pathologies in children need urgent identification and management. This article is presented in two parts, with part one describing intracranial pressure and outlining the features and management of meningitis. Part two, to be published in February 2014, outlines the features and management of brain tumours and intracranial bleeds. Each condition is accompanied by an illustrative case study to give an idea of what nurses might encounter in a child presenting with raised intracranial pressure.

Nursing Children and Young People. 25, 10, 31-36. doi: 10.7748/ncyp2013.12.25.10.31.e214

Correspondence

siba.paul@nhs.net

Peer review

This article has been subject to open peer review and has been checked using antiplagiarism software

Conflict of interest

None declared

Received: 06 September 2012

Accepted: 12 July 2013

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