Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection risk factors ====== Risk factors for [[shunt infection]] include [[preterm]] infants, younger age of the patient at shunt placement, hydrocephalus as a consequence of [[IVH]] or [[meningitis]] ((Davis SE, Levy ML, McComb JG, Masri-Lavine L. Does age or other factors influence the incidence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections? Pediatr Neurosurg. 1999;30:253–257.)) ((Dallacasa P, Dappozzo A, Galassi E, Sandri F, Cocchi G, Masi M. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in infants. Childs Nerv Syst. 1995;11:643–648.)) ((Kulkarni AV, Drake JM, Lamberti-Pasculli M. Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective study of risk factors. J Neurosurg. 2001;94:195–201.)) ventriculoperitoneal_shunt_infection_risk_factors.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:49by 127.0.0.1