Assertion: shunt | /r/HasProperty | removed
Facets:
value: immediately
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: However, if your VP shunt is placed for a sudden emergency, such as swelling from a stroke, an infection of the brain, or bleeding in the brain, then there is a high chance that your shunt can be removed once the cause of the swelling is resolved.
text: If a shunt becomes infected, it needs to be removed and replaced with a entirely new system.
text: If a shunt becomes infected, it needs to be removed and replaced with a entirely new system.
text: As a child, the man had a shunt, but it was removed when he was 14.
text: A spinal shunt is intended to remain in place indefinitely because it can be difficult to determine if CSF would continue to flow and drain normally if the shunt were removed.
text: The main reason for this is because although they often grant relief, it’s hard to tell if a patient’s body would be able to continue getting rid of excess spinal fluid on its own if the shunt were removed.
text: As a child, the man had a shunt, but it was removed when he was 14.
text: The shunt will be removed and sent for testing, and an External Ventricular Drain (EVD) system will be inserted.
text: The shunt is removed immediately and antibiotics are begun.