Diseases

Intracranial Hypertension

Increased pressure within the cranial vault. This may result from several conditions, including HYDROCEPHALUS; BRAIN EDEMA; intracranial masses; severe systemic HYPERTENSION; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; and other disorders.

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Abstract

Increased pressure within the cranial vault. This may result from several conditions, including HYDROCEPHALUS; BRAIN EDEMA; intracranial masses; severe systemic HYPERTENSION; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; and other disorders.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Elevated ICP (Intracranial Pressure)
  • Elevated Intracranial Pressure
  • ICP (Intracranial Pressure) Elevation
  • ICP (Intracranial Pressure) Increase
  • Intracranial Pressure Increase
  • Hypertension, Intracranial
  • ICP, Elevated (Intracranial Pressure)
  • Intracranial Pressure, Elevated
  • Pressure Increase, Intracranial
  • Pressure, Elevated Intracranial

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; coord IM with disease /physiopathol (IM) causing or caused by intracranial hypertension

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History Note

1998

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Previous Indexing

  • Intracranial Pressure (1966-1997)
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri (1966-1997)

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WL 203

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Hypertension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019586. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019586
  2. Intracranial Hypertension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18558125