- Medical treatment of hydrocephalus.

Medical treatment of hydrocephalus

*Aim:-

Medical treatment is used to delay surgical intervention.

*Medical treatment is not effective in long-term treatment of chronic hydrocephalus. It may induce metabolic consequences and thus should be used only as a temporizing measure.

*Lines of TTT:- "Fair"

• Furosemide:1mg/kg/day.(Decreasing CSF secretion).
• Acetazolamide 5mg/kg/day.(Decreasing CSF secretion).
• Isosorbide (Increasing CSF reabsorption).
• Restriction of water and salts.

Dr Ibrahim