Normal-pressure hydrocephalus: twelve years experience.
The authors report on twelve years experience with so-called normal pressure hydrocephalus. If care is taken to make a correct diagnosis and give adequate treatment with a shunt, hydrocephalic dementia has a good prognosis. Such cases should be distinguished from other syndromes, particularly senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The occurrence of a syndrome of dementia should compel every neurologist and neurosurgeon to carry out careful investigations in order to determine the favourable time for possible treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003704:Dementia / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D010537:Peritoneum; D011379:Prognosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications