Rapid resolution of an acute subdural hematoma by increasing the shunt valve pressure in a 63-year-old man with normal-pressure hydrocephalus with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report and literature review

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hayes, Jackson ^a   Roguski, Marie ^a   Riesenburger, Ron I ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute subdural hematoma; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Programmable shunt valve; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALLING; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 84869867380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-393     Document Type: Review

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