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VPS
(redirected from ventriculoperitoneal shunt)

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VPSVirtual Private Server
VPSVietnamese Professionals Society
VPSVariable Print Specification
VPSVoice Processing System
VPSVictorian Public Service
VPSVisual Preference Survey
VPSVideo Programming Signal
VPSVirus Protection Software
VPSViewers Per Set
VPSVideo Program System
VPSVTAM Printer Support (Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.)
VPSVentriculoperitoneal Shunt
VPSVariable Packet Size
VPSVolume Performance Standard (Medicare)
VPSVakopleiding Payroll Services
VPSVapor Phase Soldering
VPSVacuolar Protein-Sorting Protein (biology)
VPSVariable Power Supply
VPSValparaiso, FL, USA - Fort Walton Beach (Airport Code)
VPSVoluntary Product Standard
VPSVirtual Prototyping Simulation
VPSVinyl Preservation Society (sound recordings)
VPSVisual Positioning System
VPSVisual Programming System
VPSVideo Production Suite
VPSVirtual Private System (hosting environment)
VPSVoucher Processing System
VPSVector Product Standard
VPSValley Presbyterian School (California)
VPSVisual Product Simulation
VPSVehicle Peculiar Supplement
VPSVirtual Prototyping Suite
VPSVideo Printing System
VPSVery Poor Sample (oilfield)
VPSVirtual Packing System
VPSVirtual Printer System (printers with mainframe connectivity)
VPSVanguard Planning Summary
VPSVoice Protocol Simulations
VPSVehicle Proficiency Support
VPSVertical Package Solutions
VPSVietnam Postal Services Company


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In the article entitled, "Long-term air-exposed functioning hydrocephalus valve with no infection," the authors describe an interesting case of an elderly patient whose ventriculoperitoneal shunt valve has eroded through the skin without a resulting shunt infection or malfunction.
Clinical manifestations of infections with these organisms include abscesses (3), meningitis (4), ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection (5), spondylodiscitis (6), prosthetic joint infection (7), catheter-related bacteremia (2), and endocarditis (1).
The woman's disequilibrium and headaches had become so severe (which indicated recurrent hydrocephalus) that a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was reluctantly inserted.
 
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