Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction presenting with pleuritic chest pain

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-263

  Samdani, Amer F ^a   Storm, Phillip B ^a   Kuchner, Eric B ^a   Garonzik, Ira M ^a   Sciubba, Dan ^a   Carson, Benjamin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Complications; Pleural effusion; Shunts; Ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; NECK PAIN; PLEURISY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 17644418398     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000161474.42712.c9     Document Type: Article

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