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ventricular shunt
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Definition for ventricular shunt
ventricular shunt is medication used for such diagnoses as: cysticercosis.
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Ventricular Shunt (VSHN)
Ventricular Shunt (VSHN) Definitions of Data Fields on. Supplemental Data ... outside the body has a ventricular shunt operation to bring the system inside ...
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/hip/NNIS/members/Member%20Forms/VenShunt_protocol.PDF
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article by Vibhuti N Singh
A shunt of moderate size causes signs of left atrial, right ventricular, and LV ... residual ventricular shunts requiring repeat operation or heart block requiring ...
http://www.emedicine.com/RADIO/topic740.htm
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Repeated lumbar or ventricular punctures in newborns with ...
... ventricular tap reduces the risk of shunt dependence, disability, multiple disability or death. ... a) acquiring permanent shunts b) dying during follow ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Whitelaw/Whitelaw.HTM
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Cerebrospinal fluid shunt placement for pseudotumo...[J Neurosurg. 2004 ...
Using ventricular shunts in patients with papilledema or symptoms lasting less ... Frameless stereotactic ventricular shunt placement for idiopathic ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15481717
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Syndrome of Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Shunt
Zinsser, Harry F. Successful Closure of a Left Ventricular-Right Atrial Shunt . Ann Surg. ... LC, SCOTT HW Jr. Syndrome of left ventricular-right atrial shunt ...
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect, Supracristal : Article by Edward ...
... enough to cause a significant left-to-right shunt and ventricular hypertrophy. ... Reddy GP, Gotway MB, et al. Cardiovascular shunts: MR imaging evaluation. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2545.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with V
Ventricular tachycardia. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Verbal apraxia see Apraxia ... VP shunt see Ventriculoperitoneal shunt. VSD see Ventricular septal defect ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_V.htm
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Accurate placement of cerebrospinal fluid shunt ventricular catheters ...
... cerebrospinal fluid shunt ventricular catheters with ... of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt ventricular catheters in children without patent fontanelles. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18459905?dopt=Abstract
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Heart murmur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... a defect in the ventricular wall, producing a shunt between the left and right ventricles. ... shunts. Usually a left to right shunt through a small atrial ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_murmur
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CDC - Biofilm on Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Tubing as a Cause of ...
Ventricular CSF obtained from the shunt tubing contained 42 WBC/mm3 (68 ... First, the C. immitis in the ventricular shunt tubing was present in the hyphal phase. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no4/01-0103.htm
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Congenital Hydrocephalus-Treatment Overview
Treatment for congenital hydrocephalus focuses on lowering the amount of ... Generally, one end of the shunt is placed in the ventricles in the brain and ...
http://children.webmd.com/tc/congenital-hydrocephalus-treatment-overview
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Complex Pulmonary Atresia in a Neonate
... setting of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect has been reported ... the patient underwent bilateral Blalock-Taussig shunt take-down, ventricular ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1524706
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article by Jeffrey C Milliken
A left-to-right shunt at the ventricular level has 3 adverse hemodynamic ... Symptomatic infants with large shunts who cannot be managed medically should ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3517.htm
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Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates
... with shunt removal and external ventricular drain or ventricular taps; 2) ... The treatment of cerebrospinal fluid shunts. ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cochrane/Shah9/SHAH.HTM
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NNIS Members Page: Forms Vent Shunt | CDC Infection Control In Healthcare
NNIS Forms. Surgical Patient Surveillance: Ventricular Shunt Patient Report Form. Ventricular Shunt Risk Factor Protocol. List of Antibiotic Agents ...
http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/hip/NNIS/members/forms_VenShunt.htm
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Do antibiotic-impregnated shunts in hydrocephalus therapy reduce the ...
... shunts (AIS) have been developed in an attempt to reduce rate of shunt ... patients, external ventricular drainage, former shunt infection, former systemic ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1888699
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect, General Concepts : Article by ...
A left-to-right shunt at the ventricular level has 3 hemodynamic consequences: ... a 45% incidence of LV-to-RA shunts and a 6% incidence subaortic ridges during 20 ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2402.htm
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Adult congenital heart disease -- Cardiology Explained -- NCBI Bookshelf
It applies regardless of whether the shunt is atrial or ventricular. ... Patients with bigger shunts develop cardiac failure at an age that depends on ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cardio&part=A1042
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Elevated nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 levels in cerebrospinal ...
... surgical placement of a ventricular shunt to drain excessive CSF, thereby ... However, shunts often malfunction due to blockage and/or infection, subjecting ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect : Article Excerpt by Jeffrey C ...
A left-to-right shunt at the ventricular level has 3 adverse hemodynamic ... by pulmonary hypertension and reversed shunts (ie, Eisenmenger complex) may ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/ventricular-septal-defect.htm
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Biofilm on Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Tubing as a Cause of Treatment ...
culo-peritoneal shunt was placed. Ventricular cerebrospinal ... in the ventricular shunt tubing was present in the hyphal phase. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no4/pdf/00-0103.pdf
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Drug Medical Dictionary A-Z List - V
Medications and prescription drug information for consumers and ... Ventricular tachycardia. Ventriculopleural shunt. Venule. VER. Verbal child abuse. Vernix ...
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/alphaidx.asp?p=v_dict
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[Coccidioidomycosis revealed by specific cutaneous lesions occurring ...
... of a ventricular cardiac shunt for chronic meningitis] ... Cutaneous dissemination secondary to a ventricular cardiac shunt is rare. Publication Types: ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18313884?ordinalpos=6&ito...
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eMedicine - Management of Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus and Shunts ...
In the 1940s, before shunting was established, children with hydrocephalus had a ... surgical treatment of hydrocephalus consists of ventricular shunt insertion. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2976.htm
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Ventricular peritoneal shunt infection caused by a member of the ...
Ventricular peritoneal shunt infection caused by a member of the rhodochrous complex. ... pure culture from a ventricular peritoneal shunt in a 5.5-month-old ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=273449
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eMedicine - Ventricular Septal Defect: Surgical Perspective : Article ...
In 1879, Roger first characterized the clinical presentation of VSD.1 VSD had been recognized prior to this date but was ... shunt at the ventricular level ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2818.htm
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DECREASES IN VENTRICULAR VOLUME CORRELATE WITH DECREASES IN VENTRICULAR ...
... Programmable shunt, Ventricular volume, Ventriculoperitoneal shunt ... Tzouras, A. CSF shunts for dementia, incontinence, and gait disturbance. Clin Neurosurg. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1350579
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Va - Vu Medical Encyclopedia Index
Ventricular assist device. Ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular septal defect. Ventricular tachycardia. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Vernal conjunctivitis ...
http://www.drugs.com/enc-v0.html
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eMedicine - Pulmonary Hypertension, Eisenmenger Syndrome : Article by ...
... enable quantification of intracardiac shunt, right ventricular pressures, ... to-right shunt run the risk of transient right-to-left shunts and air embolism. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/fulltopic/topic2528.htm
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Clinical Presentation of Persistent 5th Aortic Arch 3 New Cases
... takedown of the Waterston shunt, closure of the ventricular septal defect, and a ... A ventricular septal defect occurred in 10 of the 21 previously ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1592264
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Atypical white matter volume development in children following ...
... and the need for a ventricular shunt were significantly associated with reduced NAWM volume. ... (MB) without ventricular shunts starting at the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1871625
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eMedicine - Tetralogy of Fallot With Absent Pulmonary Valve : Article ...
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with absent pulmonary valve is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by features of TOF ... left-to-right ventricular shunt. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/fulltopic/topic2538.htm
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Chronic headaches due to occult hydrocephalus
... highlighted the risks of ventricular shunt procedures in treating massive ventriculomegaly. ... Is my shunt revision rate lower than yours? ( abstract). J ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=539398
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Lumboperitoneal shunting as a treatment for slit v...[Pediatr Neurosurg ...
The role of lumbar shunts in the management of slit ventricles: ... Frameless stereotactic ventricular shunt placement for idiopathic intracranial hypertension. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12006752?ordinalpos=3&ito...
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Echocardiographic evaluation of left-to-right shunt in ventricular ...
... of left-to-right shunt in ventricular septal defect and persistent ductus ... is in separating large from small shunts and in adding a dimension to the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=483230
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Current surgical approach to acute ventricular sep...[Adv Card Surg ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and ... undergoing shunt repair today ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7894768?dopt=Citation
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eMedicine - Chiari II Malformation : Article by Lutfi Incesu
Between 1891 and 1896, German pathologist Hans Chiari described a series of anomalies of the caudal cerebellum ... Hydrocephalus: Ventricular dilatation is ...
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic150.htm
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Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy: a pathophysiological review of circulatory ...
... implantation of TIPS and peritoneovenous shunts, and the procedures should be ... intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: effects on right ventricular function. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1766971
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Tuberculous meningitis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tuberculous meningitis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the meninges ... a third of patients with TB meningitis and will require a ventricular shunt. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis,_meningeal
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eMedicine - Choroid Plexus Papilloma : Article by Cheryl Ann Palmer
Guerard described the first CPP (in a 3-year-old girl) in 1832, and Perthes ... by repeated lumbar punctures and in the older patient by ventricular shunt. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2992.htm
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Sequential heart murmurs in a 43-year-old man with congenital heart disease
The admission electrocardiogram showed left ventricular enlargement (Figure) (1?3) ... arterial pulse pressure, the murmur suggested an aorto-right ventricular shunt. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2014814
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eMedicine - Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Unbalanced : Article by ...
... lesions, from partial or intermediate forms with no shunting at the ventricular level to complete ... Presence and size of ventricular-level defect and shunt ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2775.htm
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Disposition and Elimination of Meropenem in Cerebrospinal Fluid of ...
... pneumoniae sepsis after splenectomy, ventricular shunt infections, and ... Furthermore, ventricular antimicrobial concentrations may be up to 10 times ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=105725
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NNIS Members Page: Forms | CDC Infection Control in Healthcare
Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Monthly Report Form ... Ventricular Shunt Patient Report Form. This page last reviewed August 2, 2002 ...
http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/HIP/NNIS/members/forms.htm
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Repeated successful surgical rescues of early and delayed multiple ...
TTE showed large VSD with 3:1 L-R shunt and moderate left ventricular function. ... ventricular infarction and pulmonary oedema with a large left to right shunt ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus : Article by Arif Dalvi
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a clinical symptom complex characterized ... reduction in ventricular size following the shunt favors complications such ...
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic277.htm
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Intraventricular vancomycin in the treatment of ventriculitis ...
... shunts or external ventricular drains, and treated with intraventricular ... tolerance and pharmacokinetics in two infants with ventricular shunt infections. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1032551
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eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect, Coronary Sinus : Article by Louis I ...
... right ventricular impulse (heave) occurs with large shunts, especially in thin patients. ... of symptoms associated with left-to-right shunt or arrhythmia. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2493.htm
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Septal rupture with right ventricular wall dissection after myocardial ...
The occurrence of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction ... 1, Panel C) showing neither right ventricle dissecting tract or residual shunt. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1283745
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eMedicine - Atrial Septal Defect, Coronary Sinus : Article Excerpt by ...
Right and left ventricular compliance primarily determine the direction and degree of shunting. ... more compliant and the left-to-right shunt increases. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/byname/Atrial-Septal-Defect--Coronary-Sinus.htm
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