Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Children: Demographical, Clinical Findings and Evaluation of Thrombocyte Parameters

ÖZGÜR GÜNDEŞLİOĞLU Ö., HAYTOĞLU Z., ÖZSOY K. M., Alabaz D., KOCABAŞ E.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, vol.12, no.2, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.5578/ced.201812
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: We investigated demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infection in this study. The aim of this study was to make a comparison between the values obtained before and after treatment, and those obtained before treatment and of the control groups in terms of platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) values in the diagnosis of VP shunt infection.