Idiopathischer Normaldruckhydrozephalus [Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus]
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serval:BIB_B7E34EEAC463
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Idiopathischer Normaldruckhydrozephalus [Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus]
Journal
Praxis
ISSN
1661-8157 (Print)
ISSN-L
1661-8157
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/08/2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
98
Number
16
Pages
893-902
Language
german
Notes
Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by the classic triad of symptoms including gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, and dementia. Gait impairment represents the cardinal symptom. NPH is associated with a radiological verifiable ventriculomegaly in the absence of elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure. Because many patients do not present with classical clinical and radiological findings, its diagnosis and management represents a challenge for the general practitioner, neurologist and neurosurgeon. Various supplemental preoperative tests, including lumbar CSF tap test or CSF outflow resistance determination, can improve the accuracy of predicting a response to surgical intervention. CSF shunt results in significant symptoms in the majority of appropriately evaluated patients. The following article discusses clinical aspects, diagnosis and current therapeutic options.
Keywords
Algorithms, Brain/pathology, Cerebral Ventricles/pathology, Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure/physiology, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure/diagnosis, Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure/etiology, Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure/surgery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neurologic Examination, Postoperative Complications/etiology, Spinal Puncture, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
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