Salomón Hakim and the discovery of normal-pressure hydrocephalus

MB Wallenstein, GM McKhann - Neurosurgery, 2010 - journals.lww.com
INTRODUCTION: Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a chronic neurological disorder
characterized by enlarged ventricles and a triad of clinical symptoms affecting gait …

[HTML][HTML] Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH): more about NPH by a physician who is the patient

HO Conn - Clinical Medicine, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is seen to be relatively
rare, ie about two per million inhabitants per year. Five studies on the prevalence of INPH in …

[PDF][PDF] a Historical Overview of spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: From rare to resistant

LY Haque, G Garcia‐Tsao - Clinical Liver Disease, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A Historical Overview of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: From Rare to Resistant Page 1 63 |
CliniCal liver Disease, vOl 18, nO s1, OCTOBer 2021 An Official Learning Resource of AASLD …

Resolution of hydrocephalus-associated sensorineural hearing loss after insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report

VJ Sammons, E Jacobson, J Lawson - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2009 - thejns.org
The authors present a pediatric patient with severe hearing loss due to communicating
hydrocephalus. This is the first clearly documented case of de novo sensorineural deafness …

[HTML][HTML] What do physicians know about normal pressure hydrocephalus and when did they know it? A survey of 284 physicians

HO Conn, FM Lobo - The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a relatively new neurologic disorder first described
by Salamon Hakim of Bogotá, Colombia, in 1965. NPH is characterized by three symptoms …

To evaluate the pre and post shunt sensorineural hearing loss in hydrocephalus patients

M Verma, J Singh, I Singh, V Kakkar… - Indian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Hydrocephalus means watery head and defined as disturbance of formation, flow, or
absorption of cerebrospinal fluid. The clinical presentation of hydrocephalus includes …

Normal pressure hydrocephalus

JM Lieb, C Stippich, FJ Ahlhelm - Der Radiologe, 2015 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Klinisches Problem Der Normaldruckhydrozephalus („normal pressure
hydrocephalus “, NPH) ist eine Erkrankung des älteren Menschen (ab der 6. Dekade) mit …

[PDF][PDF] The typical triad of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a 62-year-old male

NB Alamoudi, RK Alnajim, D AlFaraj - Cureus, 2021 - cureus.com
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a rare pathological condition of the brain in which
the ventricles are enlarged due to cerebrospinal fluid accumulation and is associated with …

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

A Baheerathan, D Chauhan, L Koizia, H O'Neal - BMJ, 2016 - bmj.com
A 74 year old man describes problems with his balance and walking for a year. His family
say he is increasingly forgetful, and he has had urinary incontinence recently. He is referred …

Salomón Hakim, MD (1922–2011): A honeymoon with Neurosurgery

D Jaramillo-Velásquez, F Hakim… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Salomón Hakim (1922–2011) was a Colombian neurosurgeon and brain scientist This
biography examines the social and cultural background through which he emerged as an …