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- 2019
“It’s Not the Shunt”: An Algorithm for the Assessment of Other Medically Actionable Causes of Vomiting in Children With Craniofacial MalformationsKeywords: pediatrics,Apert syndrome,craniofacial growth,craniosynostosis,hydrocephalus Abstract: After shunt malfunction has been ruled out in children with craniofacial malformations with vomiting, it can be challenging to effectively communicate with front-line providers about their unique medically actionable causes of vomiting as compared to children whose shunts were placed for other reasons (eg, prematurity/intraventricular hemorrhage). An algorithm to facilitate communication “What we did that is new”: We developed an algorithm to facilitate communication regarding emergent evaluation of vomiting in this population
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