Hospital costs associated with shunt infections in patients receiving antibiotic-impregnated shunt catheters versus standard shunt catheters

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Attenello, Frank J ^a   Garces Ambrossi, Giannina L ^a   Zaidi, Hasan A ^a   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a   Jallo, George I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic impregnated shunt; Infection related costs; Standard shunts

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75749149362     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000363405.12584.4D     Document Type: Review

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