脑水肿是指脑组织含水量增加所导致的脑容积增大,是脑对各种病因反应所发生的一种非特异性的病理过程,而不是一个独立的疾病。它是儿科临床较常见的并发症和致死原因之一,目前尚无完善的临床诊断标准,治疗措施也较繁杂。本文仅对小儿急性脑水肿诊断和治疗中的某些进展综述如下。脑水肿分类目前,一般将脑水肿分为血管源性、细胞性和间质性3种类型。一、血管源性是临床最常见的一型。其 Brain edema refers to the brain volume increase caused by an increase in water content of the brain is a non-specific pathological process of the brain on a variety of etiological reactions, rather than an independent disease. It is one of the most common complications and causes of death in pediatric clinics. At present, there is no perfect clinical diagnostic criteria and the treatment measures are complicated. This article only on the diagnosis and treatment of acute cerebral edema in children, some of the progress are summarized below. Brain edema classification At present, the general brain edema is divided into vascular, cell and interstitial three types. First, vasculogenic is the most common clinical type. its