Facts
Fluid management for this population is aimed at maintaining adequate cerebral blood flow & oxygenation.
What is brain-injured patients?
Maintenance of euvolemia & normal circulating blood volume is recommended
What is prevention of secondary head injury?
Isotonic crystalloid is the preferred agent
What is the agent for volume replacement for head injury patients?
Prophylactic hypervolemia before the development of angiographic spasms
What is not recommended for head injury patients?
Under normal circumstances the ______ of plasma & brain interstitial fluid & CSF are equal.
What is osmolality?
Administration of large volumes of hypotonic fluids & intravascular volume
What is not recommended for head injury patients?
Because the blood-brain barrier is water permeable, ______ _______ cause water shifts to the brain.
What is hypotonic fluid?
Seizures, Stroke, Neurological Damage, & possible Death are potential complications of _____
Increased ICP