Improving Infant Hydrocephalus Outcomes in Uganda: A Longitudinal Prospective Study Protocol for Predicting Developmental Outcomes and Identifying Patients at Risk for Early Treatment Failure after ETV/CPC
Vadset T, Rajaram A, Hsiao C, Katungi M, Magombe J, Seruwu M, Nsubuga B, Vyas R, Tatz J, Playter K, Nalule E, Natukwatsa D, Wabukoma M, Perez L, Mulondo R, Queally J, Fenster A, Kulkarni A, Schiff S, Grant P, Kabachelor E, Warf B, Sutin J, Lin P. Improving Infant Hydrocephalus Outcomes in Uganda: A Longitudinal Prospective Study Protocol for Predicting Developmental Outcomes and Identifying Patients at Risk for Early Treatment Failure after ETV/CPC. Metabolites 2022, 12: 78. PMID: 35050201, PMCID: PMC8781620, DOI: 10.3390/metabo12010078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCerebral blood flowTreatment failureETV/CPCEarly treatment failureProspective study protocolCerebral tissue oxygenationProgression of hydrocephalusVentriculoperitoneal shunt placementLong-term outcomesEvidence-based guidelinesPost-operative careEndoscopic third ventriculostomyCerebral metabolic rateMulti-center trialChoroid plexus cauterizationGlobal health burdenCURE Children's HospitalYears of agePost-operative measurementsHydrocephalus outcomesNeurodevelopmental outcomesSurgical treatmentNeurodevelopmental assessmentShunt placementChildren's Hospital