Ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction in a patient presenting with neurogenic pulmonary edema: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 701-703

  Hofstetter, Thomas ^a   Mirzayan, M Javad ^b   Krauss, Joachim K ^b  

^a Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Pulmonary edema; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER OCCLUSION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERBARISM; HYPOKINESIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXAMINATION; NECK PAIN; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PULMONARY EDEMA; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34047232486     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.4.701     Document Type: Article

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