infectionShunt is the most common approach among medical and surgical treatment modalities for treating hydrocephalus. The main purpose of the shunt is to reduce intracranial pressure by draining the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricles. Infection is one of the serious complications and it ...
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)shunt infectionis a serious and potentially devastating complication ofCSFshunt placement. Younger age, previous CSF shunt infection or revision, and the type of the shunt are important risk factors for shunt infection. More than half of the cases are caused byStaphylococcus...
A total of 431 patients who underwent their first cerebrospinal fluid shunt insertion at Children's Memorial Hospital over a 10-year period were retrospectively studied with regard to the relationship between the etiology of the hydrocephalus, age at the time of shunt placement, and infection rate....
Multidisciplinary approach to cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection with an appeal for attention to details in assessment and standardization in reporting Cl... Winston, KR, Dolan, SA (2011) Multidisciplinary approach to cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection with an appeal for attention to details in ...
Infection of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: Causative pathogens, clinical features, and outcomes This retrospective chart review describes the clinical features, pathogens, and outcomes of 46 patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infections col... KW Wang,WN Chang,TY Shih,... - 《Japanese Journ...
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections and Treatment Cerebrospinal fluid shunts play a major role in the management of hydrocephalus. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection is one of the leading causes of cerebr... elik mit,A Emre - 《Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi》 被引量: 20发表: 2009年 Pediatric hydroce...
Shunt fluid aspiration. An adjunct in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection 来自 国家科技图书文献中心 喜欢 0 阅读量: 12 作者:M G Myers,S C Schoenbaum 摘要: Bacterial isolates were obtained from 42 of 59 cultures of shunt fluid aspirated from patients with infected cerebrospinal ...
Fluid pressure may be increased by a brain tumor or by hemorrhage or infection in the cranium. hydrocephalus, or excess fluid in the cranial cavity, can result from either excessive formation or poor absorption of cerebrospinal fluid. Blockage of the flow of fluid in the spinal canal may ...
网络脑脊髓液分流术 网络释义 1. 脑脊髓液分流术 cerebrospina... ... 1.脑脊髓液分流术cerebrospinal fluid shunt2. 接触脑脊液神经元 cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neuron ... juyy.net|基于3个网页
Concepts and Controversies in the Prevention and Treatment of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections in Pediatric Patients Cerebrospinal fluid shunts are commonly used to manage hydrocephalus in infants and children. One of the more common causes of shunt failure or malfunction is infection which most often...