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- Title
COMMON MEASUREMENTS AND PROPOSED GRADING SYSTEM FOR HYDROCEPHALUS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS BY USING CT SCAN: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.
- Authors
Alahmari, Abdul Wahab Faiz
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hydrocephalus is a fatal disorder mostly affecting neonate sand infants. It is treatable in pediatric patients but lacks a grading system for these verity of the disease. This paper proposes a grading system for hydrocephalic pediatric patients based on linear measurements applied on CT scan. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine average linear parameters of the hydrocephalus brain among pediatric patients by using CT scan, to propose a new grading system for hydrocephalus based on these linear measurement sand to find the most common type and grade of hydrocephalus. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional study was conducted on 37 pediatric hydrocephalus subjects in Abha. Five linear measurements FHR, FOHR, BFI, BCI and VI were applied on CT scan and generated a new grading system. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS (V-21) software. Also classifies the subjects by this system into grades of mild to severe and discovers the most common type and category of hydrocephalus. RESULTS: The highest frequency of hydrocephalus was found at two years. The most common type was communicated and most common grades were mild and moderate. The mean measurements (reference value) in mm were found for FOHR=0.63, FHR=0.52, BCI=0.34, BFI=0.60 and VI=0.55. There was significant difference of linear parameters in FOHR, FHR, BFI related to age groups. CONCLUSION: The grading system successfully divides pediatric patients in to mild to severe categories, effect of age on each linear measurement can also be evaluated in hydrocephalic patients and this grading can also be helpful to evaluate any mass effect like brain atrophy.
- Subjects
HYDROCEPHALUS in children; COMPUTED tomography; CROSS-sectional method; LINEAR statistical models; SPSS (Computer software); DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Radiology, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 4, p347
- ISSN
1607-2006
- Publication type
Article