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RAISED INTRACRANIAL-PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERCARBIA AFTER TOURNIQUET RELEASE

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Abstract

We report a case of acute raised intracranial pressure soon after deflation of arterial tourniquets in a patient with limb injuries as well as a severe head injury. The likely mechanism was release of carbon dioxide into the circulation as the ischaemic limbs were re-perfused.

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Author(s): SPARLING RJ, MURRAY AW, CHOKSEY M

Publication type: Note

Publication status: Published

Journal: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Year: 1993

Volume: 7

Issue: 1

Pages: 75-77

Print publication date: 01/01/1993

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