Table 45-4
- Maintain 30-degree head-up position with head in neutral position.
- After the patient is intubated, administer muscle relaxants to minimize rises in intracranial pressure from coughing.
- Mannitol-induced osmotic diuresis
- Response to hyperventilation is short lived
- Corticosteroids not indicated
- Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent sepsis and minimize inflammatory mediator burden