Every once in a while it is a good idea to learn about stuff you don’t see as often in the Pediatric Emergency Department, but still see enough. Many children have CSF shunts, and they can get infected or more commonly, become obstructed and fail. This presentation, which you are free to use, as long as you attribute me focuses on CSF shunt complications. I’ve embedded the pdf, and made a PDF, PowerPoint, and Keynote version available for download.
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About the Author: Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd
Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd is a Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and an Associate Director for the Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is on Twitter/X @PEMTweets, on Instagram @BradSobolewski, authors the Pediatric Emergency Medicine site PEMBlog and is the host and creator of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast. All views are strictly my own and not official medical advice.
