Intraoperative hypothermia and ventricular shunt infections

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 591-594

  Gerszten, P C ^a,b   Albright, A L ^a   Pollack, I F ^a   Adelson, P D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Hypothermia; Infection; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KLEBSIELLA; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031904139     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050145     Document Type: Article

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