TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Inayatullah AU - Haider, Naeem AU - Qadeer, M. AU - Gun, Peter AU - Chosky, Muncee PY - 2011/07/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A REAPPRAISAL OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS LEADING TO SHUNT INFECTION JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 19 IS - 2 SE - Short Communication DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/25 SP - AB - <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><p>Infection is a frequent complication of</p><p>shunt operations which lead to prolong hospital</p><p>stay, 3 times more operative procedures than the</p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #1f1a17; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"><p>non-infected cases and have twice the fatality rate</p></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;">, <span style="color: #1f1a17; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;">with a reported incidence varying from 3.3%</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><p> </p></span><p> </p><p> </p></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;">23%, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #1f1a17; font-size: x-small;">reported by Choux and colleqgues</span></span><p> </p></span><p> </p><p> </p></span> ER -