Primary intervention for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in very low birthweight infants by ventriculostomy

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 47-51

  Heep, A ^a   Engelskirchen, R ^b   Holschneider, A ^b   Groneck, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus; Ventriculitis; Ventriculostomy reservoir set; Very low birthweight infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN DEFECT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0035146713     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000363     Document Type: Article

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