Suggested Level of Knowlege: Detailed

LOs

Cerebral Perfusion Pressure & ICP

BT_PO 1.95 Discuss the determinants and control of:

· Intracranial and intraspinal pressure

· Cerebral blood flow and autoregulation

· Cerebral perfusion pressure

· Spinal cord perfusion

BT_RT 1.12 Outline the factors determining intracranial pressure and discuss its regulation

BT_RT 1.14 Discuss cerebral perfusion pressure

BT_RT 1.16 Discuss spinal cord perfusion pressure

Past SAQs

2016.2 Discuss the determinants and control of spinal cord perfusion.

2015.2 Outline how hyperventilation may reduce intracranial pressure

2010.2 Discuss the effects on intracranial pressure when a person is placed in a head down tilt.

2009.2 Outline the central nervous system effects on an awake person breathing air containing carbon dioxide.

2009.1 Discuss the physiological factors that determine intracranial pressure (ICP) and describe how changes in posture affect ICP.

2004.1 List the physiological factors that determine intracranial pressure. Explain briefly how intracranial pressure is regulated.

2000.1 Briefly outline the physiological control of intraocular pressure.

Cerebral Perfusion Pressure & Intracranial Pressure