External ventricular drains in pediatric patients

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-351

  Ngo, Quang N ^a   Ranger, Adrianna ^a   Singh, Ram N ^a,b   Kornecki, Alik ^b   Seabrook, Jamie A ^a,b   Fraser, Douglas D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Centre for Critical Illness Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Traumatic brain injury; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; EQUIPMENT; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTION; OPERATING ROOM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 68849130722     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a320cd     Document Type: Article

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