Pleural effusion from intrathoracic migration of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter: pediatric case report and review of the literature.
Federica PorcaroEmidio ProcacciniMaria Giovanna PagliettiAlessandra SchiavinoFrancesca PetreschiRenato CutreraPublished in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2018)
Pleural effusion due to VP shunt insertion is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that should be suspected in any patient with a VP shunt and respiratory failure. Signs of hydrothorax may moreover represent the only clinical evidence of a shunt-related complication in case of neurologically severely compromised patients in which neurologic examination cannot help to make a diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary artery
- respiratory failure
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- case report
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary hypertension
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported
- disease virus
- drug induced
- childhood cancer