Hydrocephalus in children

KT Kahle, AV Kulkarni, DD Limbrick, BC Warf - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Hydrocephalus is a common disorder of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) physiology resulting in
abnormal expansion of the cerebral ventricles. Infants commonly present with progressive …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the effects of resident duty hour restrictions in surgery: impact on resident wellness, training, and patient outcomes

N Ahmed, KS Devitt, I Keshet, J Spicer, K Imrie… - Annals of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Background: In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
mandated 80-hour resident duty limits. In 2011 the ACGME mandated 16-hour duty …

The effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy on time to fracture healing: a meta-analysis

JW Busse, M Bhandari, AV Kulkarni, E Tunks - Cmaj, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
Background: The effect of low-intensity ultrasonography on fracture healing is controversial,
and current management of fractures does not generally involve the use of ultrasound …

Comparisons of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for articles published in general medical journals

AV Kulkarni, B Aziz, I Shams, JW Busse - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Until recently, Web of Science was the only database available to track citation
counts for published articles. Other databases are now available, but their relative …

Endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: a meta-analysis

JH Badhiwala, F Nassiri, W Alhazzani, MH Selim… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Endovascular intervention for acute ischemic stroke improves revascularization.
But trials examining endovascular therapy yielded variable functional outcomes, and the …

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective study of risk factors

AV Kulkarni, JM Drake, M Lamberti-Pasculli - Journal of neurosurgery, 2001 - thejns.org
Object. Hydrocephalus is a common condition of childhood that usually requires insertion of
a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt. Infection is one of the most devastating complications that …

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus

AV Kulkarni, JM Drake, CL Mallucci, S Sgouros… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To develop a model to predict the probability of endoscopic third
ventriculostomy (ETV) success in the treatment for hydrocephalus on the basis of a child's …

A standardized protocol to reduce cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network Quality Improvement Initiative

JRW Kestle, J Riva-Cambrin, JC Wellons… - Journal of …, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Quality improvement techniques are being implemented in many areas of medicine.
In an effort to reduce the ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection rate, a standardized protocol …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic predictors of response to PD-1 inhibition in children with germline DNA replication repair deficiency

A Das, S Sudhaman, D Morgenstern, A Coblentz… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Cancers arising from germline DNA mismatch repair deficiency or polymerase proofreading
deficiency (MMRD and PPD) in children harbour the highest mutational and microsatellite …

Tonsillar herniation: the rule rather than the exception after lumboperitoneal shunting in the pediatric population

PD Chumas, DC Armstrong, JM Drake… - Journal of …, 1993 - thejns.org
✓ Although the development of tonsillar herniation (acquired Chiari malformation) in
association with lumboperitoneal (LP) shunting is well recognized, it has previously been …