Use of external drainage for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in very low birth weight premature infants

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 369-374

  Cornips, Erwin ^a   Van Calenbergh, Frank ^a   Plets, Chris ^a   Devlieger, Hugo ^a   Casaer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

External ventricular drainage; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Periventricular hemorrhage; Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0030866868     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050102     Document Type: Article

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