Antibiotic impregnated catheters and intrathecal antibiotics for CSF shunt infection prevention in children undergoing low-risk CSF shunt surgery

• Main Authors: Stacey Podkovik (Author), Chuan Zhou (Author), Susan E. Coffin (Author), Matthew Hall (Author), Jason S. Hauptman (Author), Matthew P. Kronman (Author), Francesco T. Mangano (Author), Ian F. Pollack (Author), Sabrina Sedano (Author), Joaquin Vega (Author), Joshua K. Schaffzin (Author), Emily Thorell (Author), Benjamin C. Warf (Author), Kathryn B. Whitlock (Author), Tamara D. Simon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts allow children with hydrocephalus to survive and avoid brain injury (J Neurosurg 107:345-57, 2007; Childs Nerv Syst 12:192-9, 1996). The Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network implemented non-randomized quality improvement protocols that were sho...