OBJECTIVES: To analyze the usefulness of @entity428 ( @entity428 ) monitoring in overt long-standing @entity1276 @entity1 . MATERIAL AND METHODS: There were 22 @entity1 with @entity16 . Demographic, clinical and radiological data were collected, as well as @entity428 monitoring data and complications related to the procedure. Results were evaluated 6 months after surgery. RESULTS: Mean age was 44 years (22-70). Mean Evans index was 0.47 (0.35-0.66). @entity1276 was present in more than half of the @entity1 (55%). Mean @entity428 was higher than 12mmHg in only 9% of @entity1 . Morphological analysis of @entity428 recordings was abnormal in 64% of @entity1 . "Pre-plateau" A waves were seen in 7 @entity1 , with B waves seen in 20 @entity1 (high amplitude B waves in 14). Twelve @entity1 were operated on the basis of @entity428 recordings (CSF shunt or ventriculostomy). Seventy per cent of treated @entity1 had improved at 6 months. There were no complications related to the monitoring technique. CONCLUSIONS: @entity428 monitoring is a valuable, safe tool, very useful in these cases. Selection of surgical candidates on the basis of @entity428 monitoring seems to be advisable. Mean @entity428 may be normal even with pathological recordings. Morphological analysis is essential to establish a correct diagnosis. The presence of A and B waves in the recording is highly related to good shunt response.

[Usefulness of continuous XXXX monitoring in long-standing overt @entity1276 in adults.]

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['ventriculomegaly and neurological symptoms'] @entity1276 :: ('MESH:D006849', 'Disease') :: ['ventriculomegaly', 'Aqueductal stenosis'] @entity428 :: ('MESH:D019586', 'Disease') :: ['ICP', 'intracranial pressure']
@entity428 :: (MESH:D019586,Disease) :: ['intracranial pressure']
