5-Minute Clinical Consult : Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure

Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure

Description

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a clinical triad of gait instability, incontinence, and dementia (mnemonic: wet, wobbly, wacky). Originally described by Hakim and Adams in 1965, it occurs rarely, but is potentially treatable.
Idiopathic
Secondary to subarachnoid hemorrhage, head injury, or infection
Absence of papilledema on clinical exam and normal CSF pressures at lumbar puncture

ALERT
Geriatric Considerations
Idiopathic NPH primarily affects persons >60 years.

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