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Type of Study: Prevalence

Incidence, Comorbidities, and Mortality in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Author(s): Okko T Pyykkö, Ossi Nerg, Hanna-Mari Niskasaari, Timo Niskasaari, Anne M Koivisto, Mikko Hiltunen, Jussi Pihlajamäki, Tuomas Rauramaa, Maria Kojoukhova, Irina Alafuzoff, Hilkka Soininen, Juha E Jääskeläinen, Ville Leinonen

Year: 2018

Etiology: Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Study Type: Retrospective

More Study Information: The patients of the current study were recruited from a defined geographic area in Middle and Eastern Finland, of which the sole serving acute and elective neurosurgical unit is the department of neurosurgery of the Kuopio University Hospital (KUH). A cohort of 536 patients with possible NPH from a defined population with a median follow-up time of 5.1 years, (range 0.04–19.9 years) was included in the study.

Age: Adult

# Screened: catchement population of KUH Neurosurgery

Country: Finland

Population: Adult

Incidence: 1.84/100,000 (range 0.8-4.5 per 100,000 per year)

Standardized: .0184/1,000

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