For families and caregivers of patients with hydrocephalus, as well as medical staff, Mohanty (neurosurgery, U. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) gives answers to 100 questions about its causes, symptoms, risks, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. He explains what it is and why people develop it; brain anatomy and cerebrospinal fluid circulation; types, including those associated with spina bifida and achondroplasia; radiological diagnosis; common bedside procedures; indications for surgery; shunts, shunt surgery, and alternatives; considerations for indwelling shunts; pregnancy; neuropsychological deficits; intraventricular hemorrhage of a newborn; benign external and normal pressure hydrocephalus; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; and long-term outcomes. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)