Rapid neurological deterioration associated with minor head trauma in chronic hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-251

  Dickerman, Rob D ^a,c   McConathy, Walter J ^b   Lustrin, Elizabeth ^a   Schneider, Steven J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c N Shore Univ Hosp Cornell Med C   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cerebral edema; Herniation; Ventriculomegaly; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLIOMA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

EID: 0037741076     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0683-z     Document Type: Review

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