Pumping the shunt revisited

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Piatt, Joseph H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Shunt pumping test; Valve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0030485632     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121100     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Piatt JH Jr. Physical examination of patients with cerebrospinal fluid shunts: Is there useful information in pumping the shunt? Pediatrics 1992:89:470-473.
2. Sackett DL. Haynes RB. Guvatt GH. Tugwcll P: Clinical Epidemiology. A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine, ed 2. Boston. Little. Brown. 1991, pp 69-152.