Prospective surveillance of complications in a pediatric neurosurgery unit: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 544-548

  Drake, James M ^a   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^b   Jea, Andrew ^c   Auguste, Kurtis ^d,e   Tamber, Mandeep ^f   Lamberti Pasculli, Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Complication; Meningitis; Neurological deficit; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SHUNT INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953153952     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.1.PEDS09305     Document Type: Article

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