Studies

Type of Study: Prevalence

Global hydrocephalus epidemiology and incidence: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Michael C Dewan, Abbas Rattani, Rania Mekary, Laurence J Glancz, Ismaeel Yunusa, Ronnie E Baticulon, Graham Fieggen, John C Wellons, Kee B Park, Benjamin C Warf

Year: 2018

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Meta-Analysis

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 78 articles reviewed

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 68/100,000 births

Type of Study: Prevalence

Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus as a Confounding Influence on Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Incidence, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes

Author(s): Alan H Weintraub, Donald J Gerber, Robert G Kowalski

Year: 2017

Etiology: Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: All

# Screened: 701 patients

Population: Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevalence: Incidence: 8% were diagnosed with posttraumatic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Comparison of clinical features and prognostic factors in HIV-negative adults with cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculous meningitis: a retrospective study

Author(s): Junyan Qu, Taoyou Zhou, Cejun Zhong, Rong Deng & Xiaoju Lü

Year: 2017

Etiology: Post Infectious Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: All

# Screened: 126 patients

Population: Cryptococcal Meningitis

Prevalence: Incidence: 12.7% developed post infectious hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Comparison of clinical features and prognostic factors in HIV-negative adults with cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculous meningitis: a retrospective study

Author(s): Junyan Qu, Taoyou Zhou, Cejun Zhong, Rong Deng & Xiaoju Lü

Year: 2017

Etiology: Post Infectious Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: All

# Screened: 105 patients

Population: Tuberculous Meningitis

Prevalence: Incidence: 16.2% developed post infectious hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Changes in Prevalence and Perinatal Outcomes of Congenital Hydrocephalus Among Chinese Newborns: A Retrospective Analysis Based on the Hospital-Based Birth Defects Surveillance System

Author(s): Ling Yi, Chaomin Wan, Changfei Deng, Xiaohong Li, Kui Deng, Yi Mu, Jun Zhu, Qi Li, Yanping Wang, Li Dai

Year: 2017

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 10,574,061 births

Population: Neonate w/ Birth Defects

Prevalence: Incidence: 6.14/10,000 births

Type of Study: Prevalence

Nationwide hospital‐based survey of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in Japan: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics

Author(s): Nagato Kuriyama, Masakazu Miyajima, Madoka Nakajima, Michiko Kurosawa, Wakaba Fukushima, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Etsuko Ozaki, Yoshio Hirota, Akiko Tamakoshi, Etsuro Mori, Takeo Kato, Takahiko Tokuda, Akinori Urae, and Hajime Arai

Year: 2017

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: Japan’s population (sample from select hospitals)

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 10.2/100,000 people

Type of Study: Prevalence

Paradoxical reaction in tuberculous meningitis: presentation, predictors and impact on prognosis

Author(s): Anurag Kumar Singh, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Amita Jain, Neeraj Kumar, Neera Kohli, Rajesh Verma, Praveen Kumar Sharma

Year: 2016

Etiology: Post Infectious Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 141 patients

Population: Tuberculous Meningitis

Prevalence: Incidence: 19% developed post infectious hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence of Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus in Northern Spain

Author(s): Rubén Martín-Láez, Hugo Caballero-Arzapalo, Natalia Valle-San Román, Luis Ángel López-Menéndez, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Alfonso Vázquez-Barquero

Year: 2016

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: Population of Cantabria, Spain

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 3.25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year

Type of Study: Prevalence

Trends in hospitalization of preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus in the United States, 2000–2010

Author(s): Eisha A Christian, Diana L Jin, Frank Attenello, Timothy Wen, Steven Cen, William J Mack, Mark D Krieger, J Gordon McComb

Year: 2016

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 549 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 1 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 1% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Trends in hospitalization of preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus in the United States, 2000–2010

Author(s): Eisha A Christian, Diana L Jin, Frank Attenello, Timothy Wen, Steven Cen, William J Mack, Mark D Krieger, J Gordon McComb

Year: 2016

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 1,127 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 2 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 4% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Trends in hospitalization of preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus in the United States, 2000–2010

Author(s): Eisha A Christian, Diana L Jin, Frank Attenello, Timothy Wen, Steven Cen, William J Mack, Mark D Krieger, J Gordon McComb

Year: 2016

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 4,890 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 3 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 25% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Trends in hospitalization of preterm infants with intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus in the United States, 2000–2010

Author(s): Eisha A Christian, Diana L Jin, Frank Attenello, Timothy Wen, Steven Cen, William J Mack, Mark D Krieger, J Gordon McComb

Year: 2016

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 5,651 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 4 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 28% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Epidemiology of Birth Defects Based on a Birth Defect Surveillance System From 2005 to 2014 in Hunan Province, China

Author(s): Donghua Xie, Tubao Yang, Zhiyu Liu, Hua Wang

Year: 2016

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 925,413 births

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 4.3-11.8/10,000 births

Type of Study: Prevalence

Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Korea

Author(s): So Yoon Ahn, So-Yeon Shim, In Kyung Sung

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 554 patients

Population: VLBW Infants w/ IVH Grade 1

Prevalence: Incidence: 0% developed PHH

Type of Study: Prevalence

Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Korea

Author(s): So Yoon Ahn, So-Yeon Shim, In Kyung Sung

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 144 patients

Population: VLBW Infants w/ IVH Grade 2

Prevalence: Incidence: 3.5% developed PHH

Type of Study: Prevalence

Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Korea

Author(s): So Yoon Ahn, So-Yeon Shim, In Kyung Sung

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 83 patients

Population: VLBW Infants w/ IVH Grade 3

Prevalence: Incidence: 36.1% developed PHH

Type of Study: Prevalence

Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus among Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants in Korea

Author(s): So Yoon Ahn, So-Yeon Shim, In Kyung Sung

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 47 patients

Population: VLBW Infants w/ IVH Grade 4

Prevalence: Incidence: 63.8% developed PHH

Type of Study: Prevalence

Temporal trends of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity in Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2012

Author(s): Julia A E Radic, Michael Vincer, P Daniel McNeely

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 170 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 1 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 0% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Temporal trends of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity in Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2012

Author(s): Julia A E Radic, Michael Vincer, P Daniel McNeely

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 88 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 2 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 0% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Temporal trends of intraventricular hemorrhage of prematurity in Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2012

Author(s): Julia A E Radic, Michael Vincer, P Daniel McNeely

Year: 2015

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 62 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 3 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 24% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus