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PEDIATRIC HYDROCEPHALUS MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW IN LITERATURE

Shorooq Alenzi*, Ahad Alkenani , Sultan Alanazi , Essa Alshehri , Reem Almuhanna , Abdullah Asiri , Noor Bawahab , Sultan Albukhari , Fares Aljohani , Ahmed Alhazmi

This review is aiming to review and analysis the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Management. The present review was conducted by searching in Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Science Direct, BMJ journal and Google Scholar for, researches, review articles and reports, published over the past years. Books published on the Pediatric hydrocephalus Management. If several studies had similar findings, we randomly selected one or two to avoid repetitive results. Based on findings and results this review found. Result: There is insufficient evidence to recommend a specific weight or CSF parameter to direct the timing of shunt placement in premature infants with PHH. Clinical judgment is required. There is insufficient evidence to recommend the use of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in premature infants with PHH. Keywords: hydrocephalus, infant, case management, post hemorrhagic, premature infant , preterm infant , ventriculomegaly , intraventricular hemorrhage , ventricular dilation .ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

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