Nergiz, SebnemOzturk, Pinar Aydin2024-04-242024-04-2420230009-92281938-2707https://doi.org/10.1177/00099228231209725https://hdl.handle.net/11468/18037The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between mortality and the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) in the pediatric patient group with ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infection. A total of 63 pediatric patients with a VPS infection and positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture were retrospectively registered. The CSF specimens were analyzed to conduct culture and microscopic evaluation. A total of 44.4% of the cases were men and 55.6% of the cases were women. Patients were divided into 2 groups (survivor and non-survivor patients). When survivor and non-survivor patients were compared, it was found that CSF leukocytes, CSF glucose, CSF protein, CSF/blood glucose ratio, lymphocyte, albumin, and PNI levels were lower in the non-survivor patients' group. Nevertheless, blood glucose and CRP (C-reactive protein) were significantly higher in the non-survivor patients' group than in the survivor patients' group. In our investigation, we suggested that low PNI was related to high mortality in cases of VPS infection.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessVentriculoperitoneal ShuntInfectionHydrocephalusPrognostic Nutritional IndexArticleWOS:0010985108000012-s2.0-851765958283793758010.1177/00099228231209725Q3N/A