ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Evaluation of Admissions and Emergency Readmissions through the Hospital Episode Statistic Dataset between 2002-2020.
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- A systematic review of surgical and interventional radiology procedures for pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Weight Management Interventions for Adults With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Practice Recommendations.Neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Identifying MicroRNA Biomarkers in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Pilot Study.Neurology · 2026Trial
- The effect of GLP-1RA exenatide on idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a randomized clinical trial.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023Trial
- Visual Field Pointwise Analysis of the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Weight Trial (IIH:WT).Translational vision science & technology · 2023Trial
- Association of Amount of Weight Lost After Bariatric Surgery With Intracranial Pressure in Women With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Neurology · 2022Trial
- Increased systemic and adipose 11β-HSD1 activity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.European journal of endocrinology · 2022Trial
- Obstructive sleep apnoea in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a sub-study of the idiopathic intracranial hypertension weight randomised controlled trial (IIH: WT).Journal of neurology · 2022Trial
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- Stenting versus shunting in sight-threatening idiopathic intracranial hypertension: genuine equipoise.Practical neurology · 2026Review
- Critical upward shift of intracranial pressure levels in extremely obese patients; normalization due to bariatric surgery.The ultrasound journal · 2025Article
- Non-invasive assessment of intracranial compliance in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: an MRI-ICP study.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Current Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2025Review
- Predictors of Headaches and Quality of Life in Women with Ophthalmologically Resolved Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- CSF hyperdynamics in rats mimicking the obesity and androgen excess characteristic of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2024Article
- The Impact of Valsalva Manoeuvres and Exercise on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebrovascular Dynamics in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2024Article
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a step change in understanding the disease mechanisms.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2023Review
- Longitudinal prospective cohort study evaluating prognosis in idiopathic intracranial hypertension patients with and without comorbid polycystic ovarian syndrome.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Asymptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Prevalence and prognosis.Clinical & experimental ophthalmology · 2023Observational
- The expanding spectrum of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.Eye (London, England) · 2023Review
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Abstract
With increasing incidence and prevalence of Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the UK, the aim of this study was to explore emerging themes in Idiopathic intracranial hypertension using the Hospital Episode Statistics dataset and to quantify recent change in hospital admissions and surgeries performed within England.
methodsHospital Episode Statistics national data was extracted between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2019, and followed up until 31 March 2020. All those within England with a diagnosis of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension were included. Those with secondary causes of raised intracranial pressure such as tumors, hydrocephalus and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis were excluded.
results28,794 new IIH cases were diagnosed between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2019. Incidence rose between 2002 to 2019 from 1.8 to 5.2 per 100,000 in the general population. Peak incidence occurred in females aged 25-29 years. Neurosurgical shunt was the commonest procedure performed (6.4%), followed by neovascular venous sinus stenting (1%), bariatric surgery (0.8%) and optic nerve sheath fenestration (0.5%). The portion of the total IIH population requiring a shunt fell from 10.8% in 2002/2003 to 2.46% in 2018/2019. The portion of the total IIH population requiring shunt revision also reduced over time from 4.84% in 2002/2003 to 0.44% in 2018/2019. The mean 30 days emergency readmissions for primary shunt, revision of shunt, bariatric surgery, neurovascular stent, and optic nerve sheath fenestration was 23.1%, 23.7%, 10.6%, 10.0% and 9.74%, respectively. There was a peak 30 days readmission rate following primary shunt in 2018/2019 of 41%. Recording of severe visual impairment fell to an all-time low of 1.38% in 2018/19.
conclusionsIncreased awareness of the condition, specialist surgery and expert guidance may be changing admissions and surgical trends in IIH. The high 30 readmission following primary shunt surgery for IIH requires further investigation.
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