The management of patients with cerebrospinal fluid shunts.
This article outlines the principles of management of the patient with a cerebrospinal fluid shunt, emphasizing the clinical and laboratory methods of determining shunt malfunction or infection. Appropriate therapies for each complication are described.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents