The Incidence of Meningitis in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Undergoing External Ventricular Drain Placement: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis.
Haydn HoffmanMuhammad S JalalLawrence S ChinPublished in: Neurocritical care (2020)
The incidence of meningitis in patients who underwent EVD placement remained stable between 2002 and 2011. Further prospective studies are needed to identify approaches for preventing these infections.