Utility of Radiography in Suspected Ventricular Shunt Malfunction

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Blumstein, Howard ^a   Schardt, Susan ^b  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

radiography; ventricular shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAVENTRICULAR SHUNT; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SHUNTING; VOMITING;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 58249097620     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.06.044     Document Type: Article

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