Please see Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (Remedy BNSSG ICB)
This is a chronic neurodegenerative condition that does not require admission or emergency treatment. Typical symptoms include cognitive decline, gait and balance disturbance and urinary incontinence (Hakim’s triad).
These patients are assessed in clinic, at which point we determine whether further work-up and consideration for surgical intervention is appropriate.
Please refer to the hydrocephalus team through the eRS system.
If the patient has evidence of new hydrocephalus without a shunt in situ, please refer to our on-call via Refer-a-Patient, unless the report specifies that the patient has normal pressure hydrocephalus, in which case please see above.
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