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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in Geriatric Medicine: A Challenge


Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) in elderly patients is reviewed. Since the clinical signs that characterize NPH & in
continence, difficulty walking, and dementia & occur frequently in the elderly in association with a wide variety of disorders,
attention is paid to the differential diagnosis of NPH on the basis of both clinical findings and laboratory tests. Success rates
for treatment of NPH using surgical shunting are discussed, as are mortality rates and complication rates for this type of
surgery in the elderly. Factors that may be of value in predicting which NPH patients are most likely to benefit from surgical
intervention are reviewed, and the need for the development of pharmacological alternatives to surgery for elderly NPH
patients is emphasized. As one of the most treatable causes of dementia in the elderly, NPH should be considered in the
diagnosis of demented elderly patients with incontinence and gait disturbances, and it merits further research.


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J Geriatr Psychiatry 1988;1:163-168
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