Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Identification of Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunctions
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Snelling, Peter James
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Barrett, Michael Joseph
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunctions should be accurately and efficiently diagnosed. In this case series, we describe the use of point-of-care ultrasound to rapidly identify pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt tubing fracture, obstruction, and infection.
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Pediatric Emergency Care
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© 2018 Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society. Published by LWW. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Journal of Pediatric Emergency Care 2018, 34 (1), pp. 61-63. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
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Paediatrics
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point-of-care ultrasound
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Shellshear, D; Snelling, PJ; O'Brien, A; Barrett, MJ, Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Identification of Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Malfunctions, Pediatric Emergency Care, 2018, 34 (1), pp. 61-63