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Intracranial hypertension secondary to psychogenic polydipsia
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2012 Psychogenic polydipsia, in its most severe form, can lead to acute water intoxication by way of extreme hyponatremia. This results in cerebral edema, mental status deterioration and can lead to life threatening intracranial hypertension if not identified
Vanessa M Gleason, Niels D Martin
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Outcome of External Ventricular Drainage according to the Operating Place: the Intensive Care Unit versus Operating Room [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2016 Background: External ventricular drainage (EVD) is an important procedure for draining excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and monitoring intracranial pressure. Generally, EVD is performed in the operating room (OR) under aseptic conditions.
Si On Kim +4 more
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Long subcutaneous tunnelling reduces infection rates in paediatric external ventricular drains [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose The aim of this study is to report the efficacy of long subcutaneous tunnelling of external ventricular drains in reducing rates of infection and catheter displacement in a paediatric population. Methods In children requiring external ventricular
Chakraborty, A +3 more
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Predictors of ventriculostomy infection in a large single-center cohort.
Journal of Neurosurgery, 2020 OBJECTIVE External ventricular drain (EVD) placement is a common neurosurgical procedure. While this procedure is simple and effective, infection is a major limiting factor.
A. Sweid +20 more
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Ventriculostomy-Related Infections
New England Journal of Medicine, 1984 Abstract We conducted a prospective epidemiologic study of ventriculostomy-related infections (ventriculitis or meningitis) in 172 consecutive neurosurgical patients over a two-year period to determine the incidence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of the infections.
R K, Kanter, L B, Weiner
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023 Introduction: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy is an important surgical method in the treatment of various forms of adult hydrocephalus and in many cases is more effective than traditional methods.
Khalil Komlakh +2 more
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Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2014 The management of hydrocephalus associated with posterior fossa tumors in children has always been controversial. Studies show that 71%-90% of children with posterior fossa tumors already presented hydrocephalus on admission. Of these cases, 10%-62% will
Johnathan de Sousa Parreira +7 more
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Comparing external ventricular drains-related ventriculitis surveillance definitions [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVETo evaluate the agreement between the current National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition for ventriculitis and others found in the literature among patients with an external ventricular drain (EVD)DESIGNRetrospective cohort study from ...
Church, Emily L +6 more
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Chinese Neurosurgical Journal, 2023 Background The goal of this study is to show the feasibility and benefits of using the simultaneous biportal endoscopic procedure to treat pineal tumors in patients with obstructive hydrocephalus.
Sultan Al-Saiari +5 more
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Acute respiratory alkalosis occurring after endoscopic third ventriculostomy -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2010 An endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed in a 55-year-old man with an obstructive hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis. The vital signs and laboratory studies upon admission were within the normal limits.
Hui-Jin Sung +6 more
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