Bilateral External Ventricular Drain Placement and Intraventricular Irrigation Combined with Concomitant Serial Prone Patient Positioning: A Novel Treatment for Gravity-Dependent Layering in Bacterial Ventriculitis.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Bilateral External Ventricular Drain Placement and Intraventricular Irrigation Combined with Concomitant Serial Prone Patient Positioning: A Novel Treatment for Gravity-Dependent Layering in Bacterial Ventriculitis.

AU - Chan, Andrew K.

AU - Birk, Harjus S.

AU - Yue, John K.

AU - Winkler, Ethan A.

AU - McDermott, Michael W.

AU - K, Chan A

AU - S, Birk H

AU - K, Yue J

AU - A, Winkler E

N1 - A feared complication of ventricular access for drainage or shunting is ventriculitis. Early diagnosis and treatment is vital to prevent morbidity and mortality. Efficacy of directed antibiotic therapy in ventriculitis is limited by increasing multidrug resistant microorganisms and insufficient systemic antibiotic absorption into the cerebrospinal fluid.

PY - 2017/4/18

Y1 - 2017/4/18

UR - https://www.cureus.com/articles/6881-bilateral-external-ventricular-drain-placement-and-intraventricular-irrigation-combined-with-concomitant-serial-prone-patient-positioning-a-novel-treatment-for-gravity-dependent-layering-in-bacterial-ventriculitis

U2 - 10.7759/CUREUS.1175

DO - 10.7759/CUREUS.1175

M3 - Article

VL - 9

JO - Cureus

JF - Cureus

ER -