A Retrospective Study on the First Cerebrospinal Fluid Taken from External Ventricular Drainage Insertion in Meningitis Patients with Hydrocephalus | Zendy

Asma’ Mohamad Afifi | Zendy; Jafri Malin Abdullah | Zendy; Johari Adnan Siregar | Zendy; Zamzuri Idris | Zendy

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A 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 -

malaysian journal of medical sciences

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.

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