External ventricular drain infection: The effect of a strict protocol on infection rates and a review of the literature

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 296-300

  Dasic, D ^a   Hanna, S J ^a,b   Bojanic, S ^a   Kerr, R S C ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; CNS infection; External ventricular drain; Infection; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; DRAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRAINAGE; ENCEPHALITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845234582     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690600999901     Document Type: Review

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