Abstract
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital studied the frequency of intracranial hypertension without papilledema in children followed in a multispecialty pediatric intracranial hypertension clinic.
Highlights
Related Article: Aylward SC, Aronowitz C, Roach ES
The primary outcome was to determine the frequency of intracranial hypertension without papilledema in children. 152 patients were included in the study
Group 1 consisted of 27 (17.8%) patients who met the criteria of intracranial hypertension without papilledema
Summary
Related Article: Aylward SC, Aronowitz C, Roach ES. Intracranial Hypertension Without Papilledema in Children. Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital studied the frequency of intracranial hypertension without papilledema in children followed in a multispecialty pediatric intracranial hypertension clinic. Children aged 2 to 22 years (mean age of 12 years) were diagnosed with intracranial hypertension by 2 neurologists based on history, physical exam and opening pressure measurements on lumbar puncture. The study included both primary and secondary intracranial hypertension.
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