Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

In this episode, Dr Felicity Cooksey talks with Dr Marie Monaghan about idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Dr Monaghan is a general paediatric consultant with a specialist interest in epilepsy, based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. She co-authored a paper titled ‘Consensus recommendations for the assessment and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children and young people’, which was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Dr Monaghan discusses her experiences of working abroad, why cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension are predicted to rise and how to approach a suspected case.

Link to the full article: ⁠Consensus recommendations for the assessment and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children and young people | Archives of Disease in Childhood (bmj.com)⁠