Studies

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: 87 patients

Population: Preterm neonates w/ Grade 4 IVH

Prevalence: Incidence: 37% developed post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): a 10-year follow-up study of a rural community in Japan.

Author(s): Iseki C, Takahashi Y, Wada M, Kawanami T, Adachi M, Kato T.

Year: 2014

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 271 inhabitants of Takahata

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 1.2/1000/year

Type of Study: Prevalence

Prevalence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus.

Author(s): Jaraj D, Rabiei K, Marlow T, Jensen C, Skoog I, Wikkelsø C.

Year: 2014

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 1,238 between 1986-2000

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: Age 70-79: 0.2% Age 80+: 5.9%

Type of Study: Prevalence

Hydrocephalus in tuberculous meningitis: Incidence, its predictive factors and impact on the prognosis.

Author(s): Raut T, Garg RK, Jain A, Verma R, Singh MK, Malhotra HS, Kohli N, Parihar A.

Year: 2013

Etiology: Post Infectious Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 80 patients

Population: Tuberculous Meningitis

Prevalence: Incidence: 67% after tuberculous meningitis

Type of Study: Prevalence

Hydrocephalus following severe traumatic brain injury in adults. Incidence, timing, and clinical predictors during rehabilitation.

Author(s): Kammersgaard LP, Linnemann M, Tibæk M.

Year: 2013

Etiology: Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 444 patients

Population: Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevalence: Incidence: 14.2% of severe TBI patients Prevalence in population 0.00252%

Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence and Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus following Decompressive Craniectomy for Intractable Intracranial Hypertension and Evacuation of Mass Lesions

Author(s): Honeybul & Ho

Year: 2013

Etiology: Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 194 patients who had had a decompressive craniectomy for severe TBI between 2004 and 2010

Population: Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevalence: Incidence: 36% developed hydrocephalus requiring VP shunt

Type of Study: Prevalence

Epidemiology, natural history, progression, and postnatal outcome of severe fetal ventriculomegaly.

Author(s): Hannon T, Tennant PW, Rankin J, Robson SC.

Year: 2013

Etiology: Ventriculomegaly

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Fetus

# Screened: 441,247 eligible births

Population: Fetus

Prevalence: Incidence: 3.6 severe/10,000 pregnancies, 64.3% of women terminated births

Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence of hydrocephalus and the need to ventriculoperitoneal shunting in premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage: risk factors and outcome.

Author(s): Behjati S, Emami-Naeini P, Nejat F, El Khashab M.

Year: 2011

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 97 premature infants with IVH

Population: Intraventricular Hemorrhage

Prevalence: Incidence: 35% required VP shunt – all grade 3 or 4 IVH

Type of Study: Prevalence

Posttraumatic hydrocephalus associated with decompressive cranial defect in severe brain-injured patients.

Author(s): Shi SS, Zhang GL, Zeng T, Lin YF

Year: 2011

Etiology: Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 389 patients w/ severe head trauma; 149 underwent decompressive craniectomy

Population: Traumatic Brain Injury

Prevalence: Incidence: 16.8% of those who underwent DC; 9.6% of the remaining patients who did not undergo DC

Type of Study: Prevalence

Prevalence, natural history, and clinical outcome of mild to moderate ventriculomegaly.

Author(s): Sethna F, Tennant PW, Rankin J, C Robson S.

Year: 2011

Etiology: Ventriculomegaly

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Fetus

# Screened: 454,080 registered births

Population: Fetus

Prevalence: Incidence: 7.8 mild to moderate/10,000 total

Type of Study: Prevalence

Prevalence of congenital hydrocephalus in California, 1991-2000.

Author(s): Jeng S, Gupta N, Wrensch M, Zhao S, Wu YW.

Year: 2011

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 5,353,022 births

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 5.9/10,000

Type of Study: Prevalence

Twelve-year prevalence of common neonatal congenital malformations in Zhejiang Province, China.

Author(s): Sun G, Xu ZM, Liang JF, Li L, Tang DX.

Year: 2011

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 83,888 perinatal, 1998-2009

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 0.92% of births

Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage and post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm infants.

Author(s): Sajjadian N, Fakhrai H, Jahadi R.

Year: 2010

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 57 neonates 35 with hemorrhage 7 with PHH

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 12.3% of premature neonates 20% of preterm with hemorrhage – directly related to severity

Type of Study: Prevalence

Congenital hydrocephalus–prevalence, prenatal diagnosis and outcome of pregnancy in four European regions.

Author(s): Garne E, Loane M, Addor MC, Boyd PA, Barisic I, Dolk H.

Year: 2010

Etiology: Congenital Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 187,097 Registered neonates

Population: Neonate w/ Birth Defects

Prevalence: Incidence: 4.65/10,000 48% terminated pregnancies

Type of Study: Prevalence

Prevalence of possible idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus in Japan: the Osaki-Tajiri project.

Author(s): Tanaka N, Yamaguchi S, Ishikawa H, Ishii H, Meguro K.

Year: 2009

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 567 participant randomly selected from population

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 1.40% 140/10,000 aged 65+

Type of Study: Prevalence

Five-year incidence of surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in Norway.

Author(s): Brean A, Fredø HL, Sollid S, Müller T, Sundstrøm T, Eide PK.

Year: 2009

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 23.1M population 252 patients operated on

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 1.09/100,000/year incidence In >65: 30.2/100,000/5 years

Type of Study: Prevalence

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Author(s): Brean A, Eide PK.

Year: 2008

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 220,000 inhabitants

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 21.9/100,000 5.5/100,000/year

Type of Study: Prevalence

Prevalence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly population of a Japanese rural community.

Author(s): Hiraoka K, Meguro K, Mori E.

Year: 2008

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

Age: Adult

# Screened: 170 Randomly selected residents 65+

Population: Adult

Prevalence: Incidence: 2.90%

Type of Study: Prevalence

Risk factors related to hydrocephalus after traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Author(s): Tian HL1, Xu T, Hu J, Cui YH, Chen H, Zhou LF.

Year: 2008

Etiology: Post Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: All

# Screened: 301 consecutive patients

Population: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Prevalence: Incidence: 11.98% developed hydro

Type of Study: Prevalence

Hydrocephalus in children born in 1999-2002: epidemiology, outcome and ophthalmological findings.

Author(s): Persson EK, Anderson S, Wiklund LM, Uvebrant P

Year: 2007

Etiology: Infantile hydrocephalus

Study Type: Prospective

Age: Neonate

# Screened: 82,106 live born children From 1999-2002

Population: Neonate

Prevalence: Incidence: 0.48/1,000