Risk of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with coexisting percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube and associated factors

OBJECTIVES: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes and ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) are commonly placed in neurologically impaired patients. There is concern about safety of VPS coexisting with PEG tubes due to the potential for an increased risk of infection. In this study, we assess...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heliyon
Hauptverfasser: Tyler, Kevin, Leon, Stuart M., Lowe, Stephen, Kellogg, Ryan, Lena, Jonathan, Privette, Alicia R., Eriksson, Evert A.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082506/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211540
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03523
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