The primary care provider states that the patient has vasogenic edema.The nurse realizes vasogenic edema is clinically important because:
A) It usually has an infectious cause.
B) The blood-brain barrier is disrupted.
C) Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is excessively high.
D) It always causes herniation.

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Vasogenic edema is clinically important because the blood-brain barrier (selective permeability of brain capillaries)is disrupted,and plasma proteins leak into the extracellular spaces.
Vasogenic does not have an infectious cause.
ICP is increased,but not more so than other forms of edema.
Vasogenic edema disrupts the blood-brain barrier,but it does not always cause herniation.

The Primary Care Provider States That the Patient Has Vasogenic