Parental recognition of shunt failure: A prospective single-institution study

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-371

  Naftel, Robert P ^a   Tubergen, Emily ^a,b   Shannon, Chevis N ^a   Gran, Kimberly A ^c   Vance, E Haley ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Wellons III, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hydrocephalus; Parent; Predictive value; Shunt failure; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHUNT FAILURE;

ADULT; ALABAMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859398447     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.PEDS11291     Document Type: Article

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