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Intracranial Hypertension

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Increased pressure within the cranial vault. This may result from several conditions, including HYDROCEPHALUS; BRAIN EDEMA; intracranial masses; severe systemic HYPERTENSION; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; and other disorders.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.17080, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17080
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; arterial hypertension; and oedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.19315, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19315
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: psychotic episode; transient increased intracranial pressure; and bilateral chronic otitis media. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)