Clinical Features of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Critical Review of Objective Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is characterized by the classic clinical triad of gait, cognitive, and urinary dysfunction, albeit incomplete in a relevant proportion of patients. The clinical findings and evolution of these symptoms have been variably defined in the literature.

Objectives

To evaluate how the phenomenology has been defined, assessed, and reported, we performed a critical review of the existing literature discussing the phenomenology of iNPH. The review also identified the instrumental tests most frequently used and the evolution of clinical and radiologic findings.

Methods

The review was divided into 3 sections based on gait, cognitive, and urinary dysfunction. Each section performed a literature search using the terms "idio

SUBMITTER: Bluett B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847299 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature