External Ventricular Drain Infections: Risk Factors and Outcome
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External Ventricular Drain Infections: Risk Factors and Outcome
External ventricular drainage (EVD) is frequently used in neurosurgery to drain cerebrospinal fluid in patients with raised intracranial pressure. We performed a retrospective single center study in order to evaluate the incidence of EVD-related infections and to identify underlying risk factors. 246 EVDs were placed in 218 patients over a 30-month period. EVD was continued in median for 7 days...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1687-708X,1687-7098
DOI: 10.1155/2014/708531