A nurse is caring for a client admitted with meningitis. The student nurse asks, I know that the client has a lot of edemas in the brain, but what causes it ? Which of the following responses from the nurse best answers the student's question?
a. Cerebral edema is caused by whole body inflammation which affects the brain the most.
b. Cerebral edema is caused by the by - products of the pathogen that causes the meningitis.
c. Cerebraledema is caused by osmotic cerebral edema.
d. Cerebral edema is caused by cerebrospinal fluid flowing from the intraventricular space to the interstitial area of the brain.