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A meta-analysis of ventriculostomy-associated cerebrospinal fluid infections

BACKGROUND: Ventriculostomy insertion is a common neurosurgical intervention and can be complicated by ventriculostomy-associated cerebrospinal fluid infection (VAI) which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This meta-analysis was aimed at determining the pooled incidence rate (num...

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Autores principales: Ramanan, Mahesh, Lipman, Jeffrey, Shorr, Andrew, Shankar, Aparna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25567583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0712-z