Affiliations: Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA | Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Andrew K. Johnson, Department of Neurological Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 855, Chicago, IL, 60614 USA. Tel.: +1 312 942 6628; Fax: +1 312 942 2176; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) and neurogenic stunned myocardium are known complications of acute neuropathology, but these conditions have only rarely been reported with ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction. Furthermore, shunt malfunction presenting with NPE has not been described in a pediatric patient. A case of acute shunt malfunction and NPE followed by a complicated cardiopulmonary clinical course is reviewed.