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