Yield and utility of radiographic "shunt series" in the evaluation of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt malfunction in adult emergency patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 307-311

  Griffey, Richard T ^a   Ledbetter, Stephen ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques; Hydrocephalus; Neurological; Ventriculo peritoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33847706552     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0557-x     Document Type: Review

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