Multiple Choice
A patient becomes flaccid with fixed and dilated pupils.The patient's ICP falls from 65 to 12 mm Hg.What should the nurse suspect is happening?
A) The patient is having a seizure.
B) The patient's brain has herniated.
C) The patient's cerebral edema is resolving.
D) The patient is excessively dehydrated from the mannitol.
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