Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH): shunting

Evidence-based neurology checklist on normal pressure hydrocephalus (nph): shunting: Clinical predictors of response to shunting Predominant gait abnormality Mild or absent cognitive impairment An identified cause CSF test predictors of response to shunting Imaging predictors of response to…

Clinical predictors of response to shunting

  • Predominant gait abnormality
  • Mild or absent cognitive impairment
  • An identified cause

CSF test predictors of response to shunting

Imaging predictors of response to shunting

Outcomes of shunting

Monitoring indices for ventriculo-atrial shunts

Acronyms

References

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  5. Halperin JJ, Kurlan R, Schwalb JM, Cusimano MD, Gronseth G, Gloss D. Practice guideline: idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: response to shunting and predictors of response: report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2015; 85:2063-2071. 
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