Test characteristics of neuroimaging in the emergency department evaluation of children for cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Mater, Ahmed ^a,b   Shroff, Manohar ^b   Al Farsi, Sami ^b   Drake, James ^b   Goldman, Ran D ^b,c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT scan; Emergency department; Hydrocephalus; Shunt series

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT MALFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 54349097108     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009842     Document Type: Review

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