Class information for:
Level 1: VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT//HYDROCEPHALUS//SHUNT INFECTION

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
2553 2209 21.0 62%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
14 4 ORTHOPEDICS//DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE//SPORT SCIENCES 808941
457 3       HYDROCEPHALUS//SYRINGOMYELIA//VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT 24907
1931 2             HYDROCEPHALUS//VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT//ARACHNOID CYST 5789
2553 1                   VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT//HYDROCEPHALUS//SHUNT INFECTION 2209

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT authKW 2981074 21% 46% 470
2 HYDROCEPHALUS authKW 1469536 30% 16% 672
3 SHUNT INFECTION authKW 965073 4% 78% 90
4 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT authKW 632446 5% 39% 116
5 EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN authKW 567216 3% 59% 69
6 VENTRICULAR CATHETER authKW 535223 2% 79% 49
7 SHUNT MALFUNCTION authKW 489752 3% 58% 61
8 VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT authKW 472985 2% 67% 51
9 SHUNT COMPLICATION authKW 411310 2% 60% 50
10 VENTRICULOSTOMY authKW 325395 4% 30% 79

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with term
in class
1 Clinical Neurology 46543 62% 0% 1380
2 Surgery 34970 66% 0% 1463
3 Pediatrics 16559 30% 0% 665
4 Infectious Diseases 484 5% 0% 114
5 Neuroimaging 153 1% 0% 26
6 Neurosciences 134 7% 0% 160
7 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging 112 4% 0% 90
8 Emergency Medicine 112 1% 0% 25
9 Critical Care Medicine 81 2% 0% 34
10 Medicine, General & Internal 62 4% 0% 94

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 NEUROSURG 81532 38% 1% 839
2 PEDIAT NEUROSURG 49994 4% 4% 95
3 BIOMAT RELATED INFECT GRP 33853 0% 35% 7
4 REG NEUROSURG 28789 0% 42% 5
5 CLIN EPIDEMIOL HLTH EVALUAT 27643 0% 100% 2
6 NEUROL CRIT CARE UNIT 27643 0% 100% 2
7 PARIS MED 12 24876 0% 60% 3
8 ADULT HYDROCEPHALUS PROGRAM NEUROL 13821 0% 100% 1
9 ADULT HYDROCEPHALUS PROGRAM NEUROSURG 13821 0% 100% 1
10 ALLEGHENY NEUROSCI MED 13821 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGERY 109492 6% 6% 129
2 JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS 97247 5% 6% 112
3 CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM 96966 8% 4% 187
4 JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 38680 9% 1% 194
5 BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 31362 4% 3% 81
6 NEUROSURGERY 26094 7% 1% 157
7 ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA 18097 4% 1% 97
8 ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KINDERCHIRURGIE-SURGERY IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD 8952 1% 2% 27
9 PEDIATRIC NEUROSCIENCE 8828 0% 6% 11
10 SURGICAL NEUROLOGY 8206 3% 1% 56

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT 2981074 21% 46% 470 Search VENTRICULOPERITONEAL+SHUNT Search VENTRICULOPERITONEAL+SHUNT
2 HYDROCEPHALUS 1469536 30% 16% 672 Search HYDROCEPHALUS Search HYDROCEPHALUS
3 SHUNT INFECTION 965073 4% 78% 90 Search SHUNT+INFECTION Search SHUNT+INFECTION
4 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT 632446 5% 39% 116 Search CEREBROSPINAL+FLUID+SHUNT Search CEREBROSPINAL+FLUID+SHUNT
5 EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN 567216 3% 59% 69 Search EXTERNAL+VENTRICULAR+DRAIN Search EXTERNAL+VENTRICULAR+DRAIN
6 VENTRICULAR CATHETER 535223 2% 79% 49 Search VENTRICULAR+CATHETER Search VENTRICULAR+CATHETER
7 SHUNT MALFUNCTION 489752 3% 58% 61 Search SHUNT+MALFUNCTION Search SHUNT+MALFUNCTION
8 VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT 472985 2% 67% 51 Search VENTRICULOATRIAL+SHUNT Search VENTRICULOATRIAL+SHUNT
9 SHUNT COMPLICATION 411310 2% 60% 50 Search SHUNT+COMPLICATION Search SHUNT+COMPLICATION
10 VENTRICULOSTOMY 325395 4% 30% 79 Search VENTRICULOSTOMY Search VENTRICULOSTOMY

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 FRIED, HI , NATHAN, BR , ROWE, AS , ZABRAMSKI, JM , ANDALUZ, N , BHIMRAJ, A , GUANCI, MM , SEDER, DB , SINGH, JM , (2016) THE INSERTION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED CONSENSUS STATEMENT.NEUROCRITICAL CARE. VOL. 24. ISSUE 1. P. 61 -81 77 62% 6
2 DABDOUB, CB , DABDOUB, CF , CHAVEZ, M , VILLARROEL, J , FERRUFINO, JL , COIMBRA, A , ORLANDI, BM , (2014) ABDOMINAL CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PSEUDOCYST: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULTS.CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM. VOL. 30. ISSUE 4. P. 579-589 57 98% 1
3 GUTIERREZ-GONZALEZ, R , BOTO, GR , PEREZ-ZAMARRON, A , (2012) CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DIVERSION DEVICES AND INFECTION. A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES. VOL. 31. ISSUE 6. P. 889-897 59 82% 13
4 CINIBULAK, Z , ASCHOFF, A , APEDJINOU, A , KAMINSKY, J , TROST, HA , KRAUSS, JK , (2016) CURRENT PRACTICE OF EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE: A SURVEY AMONG NEUROSURGICAL DEPARTMENTS IN GERMANY.ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. VOL. 158. ISSUE 5. P. 847 -853 42 93% 2
5 KONSTANTELIAS, AA , VARDAKAS, KZ , POLYZOS, KA , TANSARLI, GS , FALAGAS, ME , (2015) ANTIMICROBIAL-IMPREGNATED AND -COATED SHUNT CATHETERS FOR PREVENTION OF INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HYDROCEPHALUS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. VOL. 122. ISSUE 5. P. 1096 -1112 45 87% 9
6 KLIMO, P , THOMPSON, CJ , RAGEL, BT , BOOP, FA , (2011) ANTIBIOTIC-IMPREGNATED SHUNT SYSTEMS VERSUS STANDARD SHUNT SYSTEMS: A META- AND COST-SAVINGS ANALYSIS CLINICAL ARTICLE.JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS. VOL. 8. ISSUE 6. P. 600-612 57 83% 13
7 WONG, JM , ZIEWACZ, JE , HO, AL , PANCHMATIA, JR , BADER, AM , GARTON, HJ , LAWS, ER , GAWANDE, AA , (2012) PATTERNS IN NEUROSURGICAL ADVERSE EVENTS: CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT SURGERY.NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS. VOL. 33. ISSUE 5. P. - 60 71% 27
8 NEITER, E , GUARNERI, C , PRETAT, PH , JOUD, A , MARCHAL, JC , KLEIN, O , (2016) SEMIOLOGY OF VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNTING DYSFUNCTION IN CHILDREN - A REVIEW.NEUROCHIRURGIE. VOL. 62. ISSUE 1. P. 53 -59 54 75% 0
9 COLLINS, CDE , HARTLEY, JC , CHAKRABORTY, A , THOMPSON, DNP , (2014) LONG SUBCUTANEOUS TUNNELLING REDUCES INFECTION RATES IN PAEDIATRIC EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINS.CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM. VOL. 30. ISSUE 10. P. 1671 -1678 40 98% 4
10 RAMANAN, M , LIPMAN, J , SHORR, A , SHANKAR, A , (2015) A META-ANALYSIS OF VENTRICULOSTOMY-ASSOCIATED CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTIONS.BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES. VOL. 15. ISSUE . P. - 41 91% 3

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 7329 ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY//NEUROENDOSCOPY//THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY
2 2589 NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS//IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS//HYDROCEPHALUS
3 33544 PROPIONIBACTERIUM AVIDUM//PROPIONIBACTERIUM SPECIES//PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES
4 6387 POSTHEMORRHAGIC HYDROCEPHALUS//INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE//GERMINAL MATRIX HEMORRHAGE
5 27502 PYOGENIC SACROILIITIS//SEPTIC SACROILIITIS//STAPHYLOCOCCUS MENINGITIS
6 19233 HTX RAT//HYDROCEPHALUS//CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS
7 9369 SPINA BIFIDA//MYELOMENINGOCELE//ADULT SPINA BIFIDA CLIN
8 5688 IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION//PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI//PAPILLEDEMA
9 16736 VANCOMYCIN POWDER//SPINE SURGERY//SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
10 22990 AHMANSON//ANAESTHESIA OBSTETRICS EPIDURAL//ANAESTHETIC TECHNIQUES INTRAMUSCULAR KETAMINE

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