Improving infant hydrocephalus outcomes in Uganda: Predicting developmental outcomes and identifying patients at risk for early treatment failure after ETV/CPC
NIH NICHD/R01HD096693 (Lin/Warf)
Hydrocephalus can be treated by surgery, but failure is a significant problem, even in the United States, but even more so in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), where emergency access to neurosurgical care is often impossible. We aim to reduce the burden of hydrocephalus around the world by developing novel tests, suitable for use in low-resource settings, for objective, quantitative assessment of a patient’s brain health during the disease and prediction of their response to treatment and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.