The Technologically Dependent Child in the ED
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
OCTOBER 1, 2015
The two most common complications of VP shunts are malfunction (due to obstruction, fracture, or kinking) or infection. The main thing for us is to suspect it, detect it, control it, and if the child arrests, to do vigorous CPR to mechanically disrupt the bubbles. Clin Chest Med 24 (2003) 473– 487
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