Question

The nurse is caring for a patient postoperatively after intracranial surgery for the treatment of a subdural hematoma. the nurse observes an increase in the patient's blood pressure from the baseline and a decrease in the heart rate from 86 to 54. the patient has crackles in the bases of the lungs. what does the nurse suspect is occurring?

Answer 1

A  nurse  suspected the  occurrence  of  increased ICP(intracranial  pressure ) to a patient  who has  crackles  in   the  base  of  the lung. ICP  is  rise  in  pressure around  the  brain .An  increase  in  blood  pressure  and  decrease in  pulse  with  respiratory  failure  may  indicate  increase  in  ICP