The nurse is providing care for a child in the intensive care unit who requires intracranial monitoring. The child's blood pressure is 100/42 mm Hg and his ICP is 10 mm Hg
Your calculation indicates that the child's cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is ____________________.
ANS:
51.3 mm Hg
CPP = MAP - ICP
MAP = systolic blood pressure + 2(diastolic blood pressure); 100 + 2(42)/3 = 61.3
61.3 - 10 = 51.3
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