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Question: Among children evaluated for possible ventricular shunt malfunction, is rapid cranial MRI as accurate as CT?
Question type: Diagnosis
Study design: Retrospective cohort
Investigators from Boston Children’s and Texas Children’s Hospitals sought to compare the accuracy of rapid cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with that of computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing ventricular shunt malfunction. They performed a retrospective cohort study of children aged ≤21 years presenting to the emergency department (ED) at Boston Children’s Hospital for evaluation of possible shunt malfunction.
Patients were included if they underwent either rapid cranial MRI or cranial CT for evaluation of possible ventricular shunt malfunction at the recommendation of the attending neurosurgeon. Ventricular shunt malfunction was defined as a patient who required operative shunt revision within 72 hours of ED arrival for correction …
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