| Title |
The efficacy of silver-embedded polypropylene-grafted polyethylene glycol-coated ventricular catheters on prevention of shunt catheter infection in rats
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Child's Nervous System, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00381-012-1729-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Derya Burcu Hazer, Melike Mut, Nazmiye Dinçer, Zeynep Saribas, Baki Hazer, Tunçalp Özgen |
| Abstract |
Catheter-related infection is a major complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in children. The aim of this study is to determine inflammatory response and the efficacy of polypropylene-grafted polyethylene glycol (PP-g-PEG) copolymer and silver nanoparticle-embedded PP-g-PEG (Ag-PP-g-PEG) polymer-coated ventricular catheters on the prevention of catheter-related infections on a new experimental model of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in rats. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 38 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Other | 8 | 21% |
| Unknown | 9 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 18% |
| Engineering | 4 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
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#7,416,602
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#4
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