Do iatrogenic factors bias the placement of external ventricular catheters? A single institute experience and review of the literature

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Woernle, Christoph M ^a   Burkhardt, Jan Karl ^a   Bellut, David ^a   Krayenbuehl, Niklaus ^a   Bertalanffy, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complication; External ventricular drainage; Hydrocephalus; Iatrogenic factor; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE CATHETER; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL DETERIORATION; NEUROSURGEON; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; VENTRICULOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953707603     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.51.180     Document Type: Article

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