Open AccessA Retrospective Study on the First Cerebrospinal Fluid Taken from External Ventricular Drainage Insertion in Meningitis Patients with Hydrocephalus
Author(s) -
Asma' Mohamad Afifi,
Jafri Malin Abdullah,
Johari Adnan Siregar,
Zamzuri Idris
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2019.26.5.6
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrocephalus , cerebrospinal fluid , external ventricular drain , meningitis , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , surgery , lumbar puncture , csf albumin , multivariate analysis , lumbar , gastroenterology
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting is a permanent form of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion that can be performed for hydrocephalus. Sterility of the CSF is an important prerequisite for permanent shunt placement. It has been hypothesised that in early stage of meningitis, ventricular CSF remains sterile. A study is conducted on the first CSF sample taken from patients suspected to have meningitic hydrocephalus.