Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical statistical collection of pediatric hydrocephalus with emphasis on pathology to investigate the epidemiology of pediatric hydrocephalus. We performed respectively analysis of the pediatric patients younger than 18 years with or suspected of hydrocephalus in our neuropediatric centre since 2001. Data were obtained from our neuropediatric centre database and from hospital admission records of the university hospital of Homburg. After the patient selection procedure and sort out the hydrocephalus patients were a total of 193 children registered at the University Hospital of Homburg Children Medical Centre, between June 2001 and March 2009. The patients were under age and mechanism of hydrocephalus distributed. The presence of congenital malformations at hospital admission was the strongest predictor of hydrocephalus followed by intracerebral tumor. The most affected children were still in neonatal period. Using clinical data and empirical modelling strategy, we were able to categorize and analyse the most common background diseases which cause hydrocephalus.
Title: Pediatric Hydrocephalus; a Statistical and Historical Approach
Author: Dr. Reza Omidi Varmezani
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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