title: Our policy on external ventricular drainage systems includes the procedure for priming the system. Does it really have to be primed?
authors.affiliation: Integra NeuroSciences, San Diego, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: Linda R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Littlejohns
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trimble
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D007267:Injections / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards