STUDI KASUS: NYERI KEPALA SEKUNDER EC SPACE OCCUPYING LESION INTRAKRANIAL (ASTROSITOMA DIFUS WHO GRADE II) POST KRANIOTOMI REMOVAL TUMOR

Abstract

Headache is one of the typical signs symptom in patients with brain tumors as Astrocytoma. It's caused by the pressure from tumor in tissues around the brain or cerebral edema conditions that cause increased intracranial pressure. Head positioning is one of the nursing interventions that can be used in headache nursing problems. The study aim to determine whether there is an effect of 30 degree head elevation on intracranial reduction. The research method was a nursing care approach. The results of this study that giving a 30 degree head elevation for ten days can reduce intracranial pressure, so that cerebral perfusion was effective and headache was reduced.