Resumo
Definição
História e exame físico
Principais fatores diagnósticos
- apraxia da marcha sem resposta à levodopa
Outros fatores diagnósticos
- comprometimento cognitivo
- polaciúria, urgência ou incontinência urinárias
- incontinência fecal
Fatores de risco
- idade >65 anos
- doença vascular
- diabetes mellitus
Investigações diagnósticas
Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas
- RNM de crânio ou TC de crânio (sem contraste)
- teste terapêutico com levodopa
Investigações a serem consideradas
- punção lombar
- punção lombar com retirada de grande volume de líquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR)
- drenagem lombar externa prolongada
- procedimento de infusão de líquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR)
- monitoramento contínuo da pressão intracraniana
Treatment algorithm
adequado para cirurgia
não adequado para cirurgia
Contributors
Authors
Richard Adam Grünewald, MA, DPhil, FRCP

Consultant Neurologist
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield
UK
Disclosures
RAG is the author of a paper cited in this topic.
Acknowledgements
Dr Richard Grünewald would like to gratefully acknowledge Mr Jeremy Rowe, a previous contributor to this topic.
Peer reviewers
Robin Wilson, MD, PhD
Associate Director
Adult Hydrocephalus Center
Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain & Spine Institute
Sinai Hospital
Baltimore
MD
Disclosures
RW declares that she has no competing interests.
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References
Key articles
INPH Guidelines Study Group. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery. 2005;57(Suppl 3):S2-1-S2-52.Full text
Halperin JJ, Kurlan R, Schwalb JM, et al. Practice guideline: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Response to shunting and predictors of response: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2015 Dec 8;85(23):2063-71.Full text Abstract
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