Predictors of ventricular shunt infection among children presenting to a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 405-409

  Rogers, Elisabeth Ashley ^a   Kimia, Amir ^b   Madsen, Joseph R ^b   Nigrovic, Lise E ^b   Neuman, Mark I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrocephalus; infection; ventricular shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VENTRICULAR SHUNT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861096337     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318252c23c     Document Type: Article

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