Association of intraventricular hemorrhage secondary to prematurity with cerebrospinal fluid shunt surgery in the first year following initial shunt placement: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-63

  Simon, Tamara D ^a,b   Whitlock, Kathryn B ^b   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^c   Kestle, John R W ^c   Rosenfeld, Margaret ^a,b   Dean, J Michael ^c   Holubkov, Richard ^c   Langley, Marcie ^c   Mayer Hamblett, Nicole ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Children; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Prematurity; Shunt failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855368785     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.10.PEDS11307     Document Type: Article

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