Adult normotensive hydrocephalus: Case report
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Introduction: Idiopathic hydrocephalus (IH) is a pathology that is related to age especially affects the elderly and the diagnosis is not clear to be able to adequately care for patients. General objective: to determine the management of normotensive hydrocephalus in adults. Description: 80-year-old female patient from Zhapacal-Azogues, widow, ORH+ blood type, with no instruction, housewife and also no allergies. Personal history was Hyperthyroidism with euthyrox 50mg treatment, Hypertension, Diabetes for 2 months with treatment that does not remember. The family history was that the daughter had diabetes. Evolution: The patient underwent on 10-08-2021 a surgical intervention placement of peritoneal ventricle shunt at the right frontoparietal level, (tunneling of peritoneal catheter from skull valve to abdomen) whose evolution was favorable before and after the surgical intervention and without any complication. His first postoperative day, with pale fascis, dry oral mucous membranes, soft abdomen on palpation, with the presence of a surgical wound on the right flank with dressing stained with blood fluid. Conclusion: Such was the clinical case exposed, thus ensuring the physical, mental, and social well-being of the individual. Science Area: Cardiology.
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