Three-year survival and functional outcome of patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome

Authors
Malm, J Kristensen, B Stegmayr, B Fagerlund, M Koskinen, LO
Citation
J. Malm et al., Three-year survival and functional outcome of patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus syndrome, NEUROLOGY, 55(4), 2000, pp. 576-578
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
576 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20000822)55:4<576:TSAFOO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The functional outcome of 42 patients with idiopathic adult hydrocephalus s yndrome (IAHS) was followed over a 3-year period after shunting. Survival c urves were compared with those of age-matched healthy elderly subjects and patients with first-ever ischemic stroke. Twenty-seven patients with IAHS w ere improved 3 months after the operation and 11 remained improved at the S -year follow-up. The case fatality in patients with stroke and those with I AHS was similar (32% versus 28%), but the relative risk of death among IAHS patients compared to a general elderly population was 3.3.