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Is There Any Possibility To Survive With Intracranial Pressure 40?

hello my name is michael I m from Austria. for 3 days before my brother had a serious car accident, he has a base of skull fracture, he had an intracranial pressure 40, two days later 17, and now it is rising again slowly up! can help me? is there any possibility that he survived?
Thu, 22 May 2014
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ya
he.may b servive
he need to continuous monitoring in advanced neuro critical care unit
cause need to fine for raised ICP
may be due to meningitis.brain eodema.or ventricular block
please consult any intencivist or neurosurgeon
thanks
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Is There Any Possibility To Survive With Intracranial Pressure 40?

ya he.may b servive he need to continuous monitoring in advanced neuro critical care unit cause need to fine for raised ICP may be due to meningitis.brain eodema.or ventricular block please consult any intencivist or neurosurgeon thanks