The results of a practice survey on the management of patients with shunted hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 288-295

  Li, Veetai ^a,b   Dias, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF shunt; Hydrocephalus; Practice survey; Shunt infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; VALVE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032847676     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028813     Document Type: Article

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