PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Harpreet Singh Mangat
AU  - Chirag Patel
AU  - Desiderio Rodrigues
TI  - Fifteen-minute consultation: assessment of a child with suspected shunt problems
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311078
DP  - 2017 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 170--174
VI  - 102
IP  - 4
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/4/170.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/102/4/170.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2017 Aug 01; 102
AB  - Cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures have saved more lives than any other neurosurgical procedure. However, they do have a unique set of complications which a paediatrician in a district general hospital may encounter. Timely recognition and appropriate referral to the neurosurgeon is vital in order to avoid serious consequences and to have a favourable outcome.