title: Fatal intracerebral hemorrhage after reducing the valve pressure of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bussmann
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Reinhart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000601:surgery; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D019585:Intracranial Hypotension / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants