Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Jensen, Rigmor Højland; Vukovic-Cvetkovic, Vlasta; Korsbaek, Johanne Juhl; Wegener, Marianne; Hamann, Steffen; Beier, Dagmar

doi:10.3390/life11070718

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Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Rigmor Højland Jensen

^1,*

,

Vlasta Vukovic-Cvetkovic

¹,

Johanne Juhl Korsbaek

¹,

Marianne Wegener

²,

Steffen Hamann

²

and

Dagmar Beier

³

¹

Danish Headache Center, Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 1165 København, Denmark

²

Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 1165 København, Denmark

³

Department of Neurology, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, Denmark

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Life 2021, 11(7), 718; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11070718

Submission received: 3 June 2021 / Revised: 6 July 2021 / Accepted: 14 July 2021 / Published: 20 July 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension)

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The diagnosis and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can be difficult and multiple medical subspecialities are often involved. Several national and international guidelines regarding the investigations and management of IIH have been published in recent years but still there is no consensus about the optimal organization of IIH-care. The objective of this review was to propose and describe a referral pathway and an organization scheme for diagnosis and management of IIH. An extensive search of existing literature was conducted and summarized. In total, 237 IIH-articles were identified and hereof 43 included. The clinical practice in our specialized IIH-clinic is characterized and described. We conclude that an educational campaign involving medical care providers and patients with chronic headaches is necessary. A detailed organizational proposal for a referral pathway and management of IIH patients based on the literature search and our clinical experience from a highly specialized IIH outpatient clinic is suggested and discussed.

Keywords: idiopathic intracranial hypertension; awareness; management; organization

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Jensen, R.H.; Vukovic-Cvetkovic, V.; Korsbaek, J.J.; Wegener, M.; Hamann, S.; Beier, D. Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Life 2021, 11, 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11070718

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Jensen RH, Vukovic-Cvetkovic V, Korsbaek JJ, Wegener M, Hamann S, Beier D. Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Life. 2021; 11(7):718. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11070718

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Jensen, Rigmor Højland, Vlasta Vukovic-Cvetkovic, Johanne Juhl Korsbaek, Marianne Wegener, Steffen Hamann, and Dagmar Beier. 2021. "Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension" Life 11, no. 7: 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11070718

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Jensen, R. H., Vukovic-Cvetkovic, V., Korsbaek, J. J., Wegener, M., Hamann, S., & Beier, D. (2021). Awareness, Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Life, 11(7), 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/life11070718

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