Risk of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections due to gastrostomy feeding tube insertion in pediatric patients with brain tumors

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-99

  Gassas, A ^a   Kennedy, J ^a   Green, G ^a   Connolly, B ^a   Cohen, J ^a   Dag Ellams, U ^a   Kulkarni, A ^a   Bouffet, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Gastrostomy feeding tube; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNT INFECTION; STOMACH TUBE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 32244447578     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090462     Document Type: Article

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