[Emergency in children with implanted cerebrospinal fluid shunt]. / Neotlozhnoe sostoianie u detei s implantirovannoi likvoroshuntiruiushchei sistemoi.

In 455 pediatric patients with progressive hydrocephaly of non-tumour genesis, a valve liquoro-shunting system was implanted. At different periods after the operation (up to 5 years), 4.8% of the patients developed the purulent-infective complications, dysfunction of a system occurred--in 20.4%. The causes, clinical signs of the emergency state are analysed, the recommendations on carrying out the therapeutic measures are given.