TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 101. Craniotomy A1 - Goettel, Nicolai A2 - Atchabahian, Arthur A2 - Gupta, Ruchir PY - 2013 T2 - The Anesthesia Guide AB - Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|PrintCranial contentsSkull represents a closed, non-expandable unit containing three compartments (CBV, CSF, brain tissue) determining ICPAny increase in volume of one of the cranial compartments must be compensated by a decrease in volume of another to maintain the pressure equilibrium (Monro-Kellie doctrine)Small increases in intracranial volume will lead to large increases in ICP once this buffer mechanism is exhausted (Figure 101-1), compromising CBVBlood and cerebral vasculature (cerebral blood volume, CBV)Two carotid arteries (70% blood flow to the brain)Two vertebral arteries (30% blood flow to the brain)Arterial anastomosis through Willis circle and anastomosis with external carotid arteries through branches of facial and ophthalmic arteriesVenous return through cortical veins (superficial drainage), and basilar and ventricular veins (profound drainage) essentially into the IJ veinsCerebro-spinal fluid (CSF)Produced by choroid plexus, reabsorbed by granules of PacchioniTotal volume of CSF in the adult: 140–270 mLProduction of 0.2–0.7 mL/min or 600–700 mL/day SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57262024 ER -