[Intracranial hypertension in brain injuries]

We review the physiopathology of the intracraneal hypertension (ICH), the present device for its monitoring and the relevance of the PIC waves from some significant figures of the epidemiology of traffic accidents, which are the first cause of the craneoencephalical traumatisms (CET) which are admitted into an Intensive Care Unit. Following that we examine the valuing criteria of the patients with intracraneal hypertension, their evolution through their symptoms, the medical treatment, and the nursing actions which can alter the PIC.