2016
DOI: 10.3171/2016.7.focus16188
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Epidemiology of adult-onset hydrocephalus: institutional experience with 2001 patients

Abstract: OBJECTIVE Adult-onset hydrocephalus is not commonly discussed in the literature, especially regarding its demographic distribution. In contrast to pediatric hydrocephalus, which is related to a primary CSF pathway defect, its development in adults is often secondary to other pathologies. In this study, the authors investigated the epidemiology of adult-onset hydrocephalus as it pertains to different etiologies and in reference to age, sex, and race distributions. Show more

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“…The majority of the NPH patients at our support groups identified as Caucasian. According to Bir et al, NPH is seen predominantly in Caucasian males in America [4]. However, other factors such as language barriers, referral patterns, and access to healthcare may have impeded the attendance of non-Caucasian NPH patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The majority of the NPH patients at our support groups identified as Caucasian. According to Bir et al, NPH is seen predominantly in Caucasian males in America [4]. However, other factors such as language barriers, referral patterns, and access to healthcare may have impeded the attendance of non-Caucasian NPH patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the United States, the prevalence of NPH is estimated to be about 700,000 [3]. As patients age, the incidence becomes higher [4][5][6]. The diagnosis and treatment of NPH is rapidly undergoing continuous evolution [7][8][9].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The number of male patients in our study was more compared to female patients, which is consistent with other studies carried out around the globe. 12 Majority of children were below 18 years of age and all the patients below eight years reported with congenital hydrocephalus. Although post infectious hydrocephalus is also common amongst the children in low income countries, 13 but we didn’t see any such patient.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is estimated to affect 1.1 in 1000 infants and 32 per 10,000 births and may be due to anatomical abnormalities such as neural tube defects and Chiari malformations or arise secondary to perinatal insults such as intraventricular haemorrhage and bacterial meningitis [ 36 ]. In HIV non-infected high-income populations, intracranial haemorrhage and malignancy account for 45 and 30% of new cases of adult onset hydrocephalus, respectively [ 37 ]. A lack of dedicated epidemiological research concerning HIV-associated hydrocephalus makes data from these small studies difficult to generalise, and little is known about the distribution of non-infective causes of hydrocephalus associated with HIV.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%