Reduced ventricular shunt rate in very preterm infants with severe intraventricular hemorrhage: An institutional experience

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 357-364

  Alan, Nima ^a   Manjila, Sunil ^a   Minich, Nori ^c   Bass, Nancy ^b   Cohen, Alan R ^a   Walsh, Michele ^c   Robinson, Shenandoah ^a,d  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b Divisions of Pediatric Neurology   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ELGAN; Extremely low gestational age newborn; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Preterm infant; Ventriculomegaly; Ventriculosubgaleal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENTRICULOSUBGALEAL SHUNT;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84868378218     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.PEDS11504     Document Type: Article

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