Three-year survival and functional outcome of patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome.
The functional outcome of 42 patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome (IAHS) was followed over a 3-year period after shunting. Survival curves were compared with those of age-matched healthy elderly subjects and patients with first-ever ischemic stroke. Twenty-seven patients with IAHS were improved 3 months after the operation and 11 remained improved at the 3-year follow-up. The case fatality in patients with stroke and those with IAHS was similar (32% versus 28%), but the relative risk of death among IAHS patients compared to a general elderly population was 3.3.
Malm
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Departments of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Umeå, Sweden. Jan.Malm@neuro.umu.se
Kristensen
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Stegmayr
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Fagerlund
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Koskinen
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D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology