Spinal anesthesia in infants with ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Report of five cases and review of literature

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-583

  Kachko, Ludmyla ^a   Platis, Cari M ^a   Livni, Gilat ^a   Tarabikin, Evelyna ^a   Michowiz, Shalom ^a,b   Katz, Jacob ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infection; Prematurity; Spinal anesthesia; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; SALBUTAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHOLESTASIS; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; JEJUNOSTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MOTHER; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN APNEA; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; JEJUNOSTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33645878593     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01794.x     Document Type: Review

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