Clinical diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure among children with hydrocephalus

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Piatt Jr , Joseph H ^a,b   Garton, Hugh J L ^c  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Diagnosis; Hydrocephalus; Signs; Symptoms; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSTRUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGEON; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 42449147512     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31816a8d43     Document Type: Article

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