OBJECTIVE To characterize the association between arterial blood pressure (ABP) and intracranial pressure (ICP) in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) patients, and its impact on outcome of shunt surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed all 35 iNPH patients whose ABP and ICP were recorded simultaneously during 6 years (2002-2007). The static and pulsatile pressures were averaged...

Background and Importance: This interesting case is about the presence of normal pressure hydrocephalus and a large pseudomeningocele at the same time after 13 months of posterior fossa surgery. Although the occurrence of a pseudomeningocele following posterior fossa surgery is not so rare, such a late large pseudomeningocele development with signs and symptoms of NPH after 13 months of surgery...

ON EFFICIENT ESTIMATION FOR THE LOG-NORMAL MODEL MEAN Winston A. Richards, Department of Mathematics and Statistics The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, USA *Ashok Sahai, Robin Antoine, Letetia Addison, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science; Faculty of Science & Agriculture St. Augustine Campus; The University of The West Indies. Trinidad & Tobago; West Indies. And M. Raghunadh...

introduction: in this recent study in kermanshah, the cardiovascular and cerebral complications due to high normal blood pressure during a four-year follow–up period have been investigated. materials and methods: this is a descriptive follow-up study in which about 1900 citizens (over 19 years old) in kermanshah, were randomly selected in clusters and undergone measurements of blood pressure tw...