Developing a “Fast-Track” Strategy for Interventional Management of Patients With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Abstract

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) has an increasing incidence worldwide over the past decade, with a high economic burden on patients and society. Up to 10% of patients with IIH have progressive visual decline requiring an invasive intervention (including cerebrospinal fluid shunting, cerebral dural sinus stenting, or optic nerve sheath fenestration [ONSF]). IIH patients with visual decline usually undergo evaluation and initial management through the emergency department (ED) and commonly have a long hospital stay due to the lack of a dedicated methodology for evaluation and management, particularly in patients who present with visual loss (i.e., fulminant IIH). An innovative practice approach is needed to improve the means of multidisciplinary communication in care and evaluation of IIH patients. This paper aims to discuss the need for the development and implementation of a multidisciplinary “fast-track” strategy for the evaluation and management of patients with fulminant IIH or those with a suboptimal response to maximum tolerated medical treatment at risk for visual loss. We suggest that such a program could reduce hospital stay and ED visits and therefore reduce healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes by accelerating the management process.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number923092
JournalFrontiers in Ophthalmology
Volume2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • CSF shunting
  • cerebral venous sinus stenting
  • fast-track protocol
  • idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
  • surgical intervention

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology

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