Analysis of the risk of shunt failure or infection related to cerebrospinal fluid cell count, protein level, and glucose levels in low-birth-weight premature infants with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-151

  Fulkerson, Daniel H ^a   Vachhrajani, Shobhan ^b   Bohnstedt, Bradley N ^a   Patel, Neal B ^a   Patel, Akash J ^c   Fox, Benjamin D ^c   Jea, Andrew ^c   Boaz, Joel C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Low birth weight; Shunt

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNT MALFUNCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COHORT STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79551694810     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.PEDS10244     Document Type: Article

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