Ventriculoatrial shunt catheter displacement in a child with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-70

  Elhammady, Mohamed Samy A ^a   Benglis, David M ^a   Bhatia, Sanjiv ^a   Sandberg, David I ^a   Ragheb, John ^a,b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; Pulmonary hypertension; Shunt malfunction; Ventriculoatrial shunt

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER DISPLACEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTUBATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 46849108117     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/7/068     Document Type: Article

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