Serial neuropsychological assessment and evidence of shunt malfunction in spina bifida: A longitudinal case study

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-332

  Matson, Melissa A ^a   Mahone, E Mark ^a,b   Zabel, T Andrew ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Shunt failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SHUNTING; SPINA BIFIDA; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 23844531661     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040490916910     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Arnell, K., Eriksson, E., & Olsen, L. (2003). Asymptomatic shunt malfunction detected fortuitously by observation of papilloedema. Acta Neurochirurgica, 145(12), 1093-1096.
2. Barnes, M., & Dennis, M. (1998). Discourse after early-onset hydrocephalus: Core deficits in children of average intelligence. Brain and Language, 61, 309-334.
3. Baumgardner, T. L, Singer, H. S., Denckla, M. B., Rubin, M. A., Abrams, M. T., Colli, M. J., & Reiss, A. L. (1996). Corpus callosum morphology in children with Tourette syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Neurology, 47, 1-6.
4. Beery, K. E. (1997). The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration-Fourth Edition, Revised (VMI). Parsippany, NJ: Modern Curriculum Press.
5. Benton, A. L., Varney, N. R., & Hamsher, K. (1978). Visuospatial judgment: A clinical test. Archives of Neurology, 35, 364-367.
6. Bernstein, J., & Waber, D. (1994). Developmental Scoring System for the Rey-Osterneth Complex Figure (DSS-ROCF). Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.
7. Bookstein, F. L., Streissguth, A. P., Sampson, P. D., Connor, P. D., & Barr, H. M. (2002). Corpus Callosum Shape and neuropsychological deficits in adult males with heavy fetal alcohol exposure. NeuroImage, 15, 233-251.
8. Charney, E. (1992). Neural tube defects: Spina bifida and myelomeningocele. In Batshaw, M., & Perret, Y. (Eds.), Children with disabilities: A medical primer (3rd ed., pp. 471-488). Baltimore: Brookes.
9. Cohen, M. (1997). Children's Memory Scale. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
10. Conners, C. K. (1994). Conners' Continuous Performance Test (CPT). Toronto, Ontario: Multi-Health Systems.
11. Conners, C. K. (2000). Conners' Continuous Performance Test II (CPT-II). North Tonawanda, NY: Multi-Health Systems.
12. Delis, D. C., Kramer, J. H., Kaplan, E., & Ober, B. (1994). California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version (CVLT-C). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
13. Dennis, M., Fletcher, J. M., Rogers, T., Hetherington, R., & Francis, D. J. (2002). Object-based and action-based visual perception in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 95-106.
14. Drake, J. M., Kestle, J. R. W., Milner, R., Cinalli, G., Boop, F., Piatt, J., Jr., Haines, S., Schiff, S. J., Cochran, D. D., Steinbok, P., & MacNeil, N. (1998). Randomized trial of cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve design in pediatric hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery, 43, 294-305.
15. Doyon, J. (1997). Skill learning. International Review of Neurobiology, 41, 273-294.
16. Fletcher, J. M., Brookshire, B. L., Landry, S. H., Bohan, T. P., Davidson, K. C., Francis, D. J., Levin, H. S., Brandt, M. E., Kramer, L. A., & Morris, R. D. (1996). Attentional skills and executive functions in children with early hydrocephalus. Developmental Neuropsychology, 12, 53-76.
17. Fletcher, J. M., Dennis, M., & Northrup, H. (2000). Hydrocephalus. In Yeates, K. O., Ris, M. D., & Taylor, H. G. (Eds.), Pediatric neuropsychology: Research, theory, and practice (pp. 25-46). New York: Guilford Press.
18. Frank, D. A., Augustyn, M., Knight, W. G., Pell, T., & Zuckerman, B. (2001). Growth, development, and behavior in early childhood following prenatal cocaine exposure: A systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 1613-1625.
19. Garton, H. J., Kestle, J. R., & Drake, J. M. (2001). Predicting shunt failure on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs in children. Journal of Neurosurgery, 94, 202-210.
20. Hetherington, R., & Dennis, M. (1999). Motor function profile in children with early onset hydrocephalus. Developmental Neuropsychology, 15, 25-51.
21. Holmes, J. M. (1987). Natural histories in learning disabilities: Neuropsychological difference/environmental demand. In Ceci, S. J. (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive, social and neuropsychological aspects of learning disabilities. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
22. Jacobson, N. S., & Truax, P. (1991). Clinical significance: A statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59, 12-19.
23. Korkman, M., Kirk, U., & Kemp, S. (1998). NEPSY: A developmental neuropsychological assessment. San Antonio, Texas: The Psychological Corporation.
24. Lee, T. T., Uribe, J., Ragheb, J., Morrison, G., & Jagid, J. R. (1999). Unique clinical presentation of pediatric shunt malfunctioin. Pediatric Neurosurgery, 30, 122-126.
25. Loss, N., Yeates, K. O., & Enrile, B. G. (1998). Attention in children with myelomeningocele. Child Neuropsychology, 5, 7-20.
26. Mahone, E. M., & Bernstein, J. H. (1993, June). Toward a developmental neuropsychology: The case of myelodysplasia. Poster presented at the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Annual Research Conference, Boston, MA.
27. Mahone, E. M., Hagelthorn, K. M., Cutting, L. E., Schuerholz, L. J., Pelletier, S. F., Rawlins, C., Singer, H. S., & Denckla, M. B. (2002). Effects of IQ on executive function measures in children with ADHD. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 41-51.
28. Mahone, E. M., Koth, C. W., Cutting, L., Singer, H. S., & Denckla, M. B. (2001). Executive function in fluency and recall measures among children with Tourette syndrome and ADHD. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7, 102-111.
29. Mahone, E. M., Zabel, T. A., Levey, E., Verda, M., & Kinsman, S. (2002). Parent and self-report ratings of executive function in adolescents with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 258-270.
30. Mahone, E. M., & Zabel, T. A. (2001). Challenges to executive function. Insights into Spina Bifida, 7(5), 1A-8A.
31. Mammarella, N. A., Cornoldi, C., & Donadello, E. (2003). Visual but not spatial working memory deficit in children with spina bifida. Brain and Cognition, 53, 311-314.
32. Maison, M. A., & Mahone, E. M. (2003). Developmental course of cognitive and functional deficits in spina bifida/hydrocephalus [Abstract]. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 689-690.
33. Mattson, R. H., Cramer, J. A., Collins, J. F., Smith, D. B., Delgado-Escueta, A. V., Browne, T. R., Williamson, P. D., Treiman, D. M., McNamara, J. O., & McCutchen, C. B. (1985). Comparison of carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, and primidone in partial and secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. New England Journal of Medicine, 313, 145-151.
34. Mostofsky, S. H., Newschaffer, C. J., & Denckla, M. B. (2003). Overflow movements predict response inhibition in children with ADHD. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 97, 1315-1331.
35. Nyden, A., Hjelmquist, E., & Gillberg, C. (2000). Autism spectrum and attention-deficit disorders in girls: Some neuropsychological aspects. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 9, 180-185.
36. Ozonoff, S., & Jensen, J. (1999). Brief report: Specific executive function profiles in three neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29, 171-177.
37. Pople, I. K. (2002). Hydrocephalus and shunts: What the neurologist should know. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 73(Suppl. I), i17-i21.
38. Ries, J., Zabel, T. A., & Mahone, E. M. (2003). Parent report of adaptive abilities and executive functions in children and adolescents with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus [Abstract]. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 762.
39. Saint-Cyr, J. A. (2003). Frontal-striatal circuit functions: Context, sequence, and consequence. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9, 103-127.
40. Scott, M. A., Fletcher, J. M., Brookshire, B. L., Davidson, K. C., Landry, S. H., Bohan, T. C., Kramer, L. A., Brandt, M. E., & Francis, D. J. (1998). Memory functions in children with early hydrocephalus. Neuropsychology, 12, 578-589.
41. Sheslow, D., & Adams, W. (1990). Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML). Wilmington, DE: Jastak.
42. Singer, L. T., Arendt, R., Minnes, S., Farkas, K., Salvator, A., Kirchner, H. L., & Kliegman, R. (2002). Cognitive and motor outcomes of cocaine-exposed infants. Journal of the American Medical Association, 287, 1952-1960.
43. Sorensen, D. N. (1997). A case study of a child with agenesis of the corpus callosum. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 6, 36-44.
44. Ungerleider, L. G., & Mishkin, M. (1982). Two cortical systems. In Ingle, D. J., Goodale, M. A., & Mansfield, R. J. W. (Eds.), Analysis of visual behavior (pp. 549-586). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
45. Vacha, B., & Adams, R. C. (2002). Application of the Token Test to children with myelomeningocele and shunted hydrocephalus. Short Reports. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 12, S33-S34.
46. Varni, J. W., & Wallander, J. L. (1988). Pediatric chronic disabilities: Hemophilia and spina bifida as examples. In Routh, D. K. (Ed.), Handbook of pediatric psychology (pp. 190-221). New York,: Guilford.
47. Vissser, J. (2003). Developmental coordination disorder: A review of research on subtypes and comorbidities. Human Movement Science, 22, 479-493.
48. Volpe, J. (2001). Neurology of the newborn (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders.
49. Wechsler, D. (1989). Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence-Revised. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
50. Wechsler, D. (1991). Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children, Third Edition. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
51. Wills, K. E. (1993). Neuropsychological functioning in children with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 22, 247-265.
52. Yakolev, P. I., & Lecours, A.-R. (1967). The myelogenetic cycles of regional maturation of the brain. In A. Minkowski, (Ed.), Development of the brain in early life. Philadelphia: Davis.
53. Yeates, K. O., Enrile, B. G., Loss, N., Blumentsein, E., & Delis, D. C. (1995). Verbal learning and memory in children with myelomeningocele. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 6, 801-815.
54. Yeates, K. O., Loss, N., Colvin, A. N., & Enrile, B. G. (2003). Do children with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus display nonverbal learning disabilities? An empirical approach to classification. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Association, 9, 653-662.
55. Zabel, T. A., Ries, J., Mahone, E. M., Demetrides, S., Levey, E., & Kinsman, S. (2003). The Kennedy Independence Scales-Spina Bifida Version: A parent report rating scale of adaptive functioning in adolescents with spina bifida. European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 13, S9-S11.