Table 1 Independent variables
Shunts | EVDs |
|---|---|
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL VARIABLES | EPIDEMIOLOGICAL VARIABLES |
Age | Age |
≤6 months | ≤6 months |
7 months-14 years | 7 months-14 years |
15-69 years | 15-69 years |
≥70 years | ≥70 years |
Sex | Sex |
CLINICAL VARIABLES | CLINICAL VARIABLES |
CSF infection previous 6 months | Diagnosis |
Previous shunt | -Traumatic brain injury |
Diagnosis | -Vascular disease |
-Traumatic brain injury | -Haemorrhagic CVA +/- intraventricular haemorrhage |
-Vascular disease | -Tumour |
-Haemorrhagic CVA +/- intraventricular haemorrhage | -Premature intraventricular haemorrhage |
-Tumour | -Others (malformative, infectious, post-surgical causes) |
-Premature intraventricular haemorrhage | Follow-up |
-Normal-pressure hydrocephalus | |
-Others (malformative, infectious, post-surgical causes) | |
Follow-up | |
SURGICAL VARIABLES | |
Type of surgery | |
-De novo insertion | |
-Proximal revision | |
-Distal revision | |
-Full revision |