Author: Amy Rose Hogan, RVN. Amy completed her level 3 diploma in small animal veterinary nursing and qualified as an RVN in September 2022. She has since joined North Downs Specialist Referrals in Surrey, as part of the post-registration programme, to further her knowledge and clinical skills. She enjoys the diversity offered by the rotating role, and has a particular interest in anaesthesia, in-patient care and physiotherapy, which she hopes to study further in the future.

ABSTRACT Meningioma is the most common form of brain tumour in cats. With all intracranial tumours there is an increased risk of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), which may potentially be exacerbated by undergoing general anaesthesia for diagnostic or surgical purposes. This nursing care analysis outlines the nursing interventions implemented to manage ICP during the perioperative period of a cat undergoing craniotomy surgery to remove a meningioma, including recommendations for future practice.
Keywords intracranial pressure, craniotomy, meningioma, mean arterial pressure, end-tidal carbon dioxide, partial pressure of carbon dioxide

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56496/JING5865

To cite this article: Hogan, A. (2025) Managing intracranial pressure in a cat undergoing a craniotomy to
remove a meningioma A case study and nursing care analysis. VNJ 40(1) pp36-44

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