EFFECT OF THE VALSALVA MANEUVER ON INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

Authors
MATTA B STREBEL S LAM A
Citation
B. Matta et al., EFFECT OF THE VALSALVA MANEUVER ON INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION, Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology, 6(4), 1994, pp. 280-283
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08984921
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
280 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0898-4921(1994)6:4<280:EOTVMO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We describe a case of intracranial hypertension in a previously health y 25-year-old man who sustained a head injury in a motor vehicle accid ent, in whom a Valsalva maneuver resulted in parallel reductions in me an arterial blood pressure, cerebral blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery, and intracranial pressure. The effects of raising in trathoracic pressure in patients with intracranial hypertension are di scussed.