First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii. [PDF]
, 2015 Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead
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Activity of an antimicrobial hydrocephalus shunt catheter against Propionibacterium acnes [PDF]
, 2010 Shunt infection is a major complication affecting approximately 10% of procedures. Propionibacterium acnes, an anaerobic skin bacterium, is increasingly recognized as a shunt pathogen, causing up to 14% of infections. Though susceptible to penicillin and
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Cryptococcal infection of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]
, 2016 Patient: Male, 52 Final Diagnosis: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection Symptoms: Confusion • fever • Lethargy Medication: Amphotericin B • Flucytosine Clinical Procedure: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal Specialty: Infectious disease ...
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Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Diagnosed with Point-of-care Ultrasound
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019 Abdominal pseudocysts are rare complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts characterized by accumulations of cerebrospinal fluid surrounded by fibrous layers in the intra-abdominal cavity or abdominal wall.
Brittany J. Guest +3 more
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The British antibiotic and silver-impregnated catheters for ventriculoperitoneal shunts multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the BASICS trial): study protocol [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) for the treatment of hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures in the UK, but failures caused by infection occur in approximately 8% of primary cases.
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Ventricule-shunt abdominal complications
Revista de Medicina da UFC, 2017 The ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is a solution to relieving symptoms of excess cerebral-ventricle cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); draining this extra fluid to the peritoneum. Other forms of shunts exist though less used in relation to VPS; whose choice is
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Worsening respiratory failure in an adult hydrocephalic patient with a ventriculo‐pleural shunt
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Ventriculo‐pleural (VPL) shunt insertion is performed in hydrocephalic patients when alternative sites of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion are contraindicated.
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Laboratory study on "intracranial hypotension" created by pumping the chamber of a hydrocephalus shunt. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: It has been reported that pumping a shunt in situ may precipitate a proximal occlusion, and/or lead to ventricular over-drainage, particularly in the context of small ventricles.
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Comparative accuracy and precision of two commercial laboratory analyzers for the quantification of ammonia in cerebrospinal fluid [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Hyperammonemia is one of the contributing factors of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Although blood ammonia concentrations are frequently measured in patients suspected of HE, systemic levels do not necessarily reflect the amount of ammonia in ...
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2017 ObjectiveIn spite of growing evidence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a viewpoint about clinical care for idiopathic NPH is still controversial.
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