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This study aims to elucidate this mechanism by assessing the shunt pressure environment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The total pressure environment of the shunt system was prospectively studied in patients with shunted NPH at Osaka Medical College Hospital from 1999 to 2005. We measured the pressure environment during the initial pressure setting of the valve by the intracranial pressure (ICP) guide, after setting the valve, and when SM was suspected. We evaluated ICP, intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), and hydrostatic and perfusion pressures of the shunt system in the sitting and supine positions. The target ICP for valve setting was empirically set at the range from \u22128 to \u221213 mm Hg in the sitting position, referring to the external auditory meatus. During the study period, we identified five cases of SM induced by weight change and assessed the changes in the pressure environment across pre-SM, SM, and post-SM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In four cases of underdrainage, gait disturbance worsened with an average weight gain of 6.8 \u00b1 1.2 kg. With weight gain, IAP and ICP increased by 8.8 \u00b1 1.6 and 4.8 \u00b1 1.0 mm Hg, respectively. Consequently, ICP increased to \u22126.5 \u00b1 1.9 mm Hg. One overdrainage patient developed an asymptomatic chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) with a weight loss of 10 kg. With the weight loss, both IAP and ICP decreased by 5 mm Hg, and concomitantly, ICP decreased to \u221218 mm Hg. In all patients, the valve readjustment restored their ICP to the target pressure. After the valve readjustment, the gait disturbance improved immediately, and the CSDH disappeared after 1 month.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients with shunts, the weight change was linked to ICP <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> IAP. Due to the weight change, the underdrainage occurred when ICP was above the target pressure, and the overdrainage occurred when ICP was below it. We named this SM as the weight and abdominal pressure-induced shunt trouble. The patients with SM along with weight changes should be the first to be tried for the valve readjustment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fneur.2022.882757","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,23]],"date-time":"2022-05-23T04:25:52Z","timestamp":1653279952000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Weight and Abdominal Pressure-Induced Shunt Trouble in Patients With Shunted Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Comprehensive Study on Pressure Environment of Shunt System"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Masatsugu","family":"Kamo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yoshinaga","family":"Kajimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tomohisa","family":"Ohmura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masahiro","family":"Kameda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adam","family":"Tucker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hiroji","family":"Miyake","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masahiko","family":"Wanibuchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"635","DOI":"10.1148\/radiographics.18.3.9599388","article-title":"Diagnostic imaging of ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunctions and complications","volume":"18","author":"Goeser","year":"1998","journal-title":"RadioGraphics."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"614","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.2000.93.4.0614","article-title":"Posture-related changes in the pressure environment of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt system","volume":"93","author":"Kajimoto","year":"2000","journal-title":"J Neurosurg."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"181","DOI":"10.3171\/jns.2000.92.1.0181","article-title":"New concept for the pressure setting of a programmable pressure valve and measurement of in vivo shunt flow performed using a microflowmeter. 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