Use of acetazolamide to decrease cerebrospinal fluid production in chronically ventilated patients with ventriculopleural shunts

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-71

  Carrion, E ^a   Hertzog, J H ^a   Medlock, M D ^a   Hauser, G J ^a   Dalton, H J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculopleural shunts

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BICARBONATE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035166158     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.84.1.68     Document Type: Article

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