Development of a quick reference table for setting programmable pressure valves in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 427-432

  Miyake, Hiroji ^a   Kajimoto, Yoshinaga ^b   Tsuji, Masao ^a   Ukita, Tohru ^a   Tucker, Adam ^a   Ohmura, Takehisa ^a  

^a NISHINOMIYA KYORITSU NEUROSURGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Initial pressure setting; Programmable pressure valve; Readjustment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRAMMABLE PRESSURE VALVE; QUICK REFERENCE TABLE; REFERENCE VALUE; SITTING; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 55949112811     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.427     Document Type: Article

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