Publications by authors named "Eustaquio Claret Dos Santos Junior"
Article Synopsis
- The endoscopic third ventriculostomy success score (ETVSS) was designed to predict the success of ETV at 6 months, but this study evaluated its effectiveness up to 12 months in Brazilian children.
- A total of 313 children were analyzed, showing that ETV was successful in 73.16% of cases at 6 months, but ETVSS underestimated this at 61.3% prediction.
- The actual success rate at 12 months was 65.1%, indicating that while the ETVSS is a helpful tool for predicting outcomes, it tends to underestimate the success of the procedure.
Background: Pediatric minor head trauma approaches aim to ensure the absence of traumatic brain lesions, minimize ionizing radiation, and enhance cost control. We evaluated the applicability and cost-effectiveness of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) rules after head trauma and rationalize the use of head computed tomography (CT) scans.
Methods: We retrospectively divided patients <18 years old who presented at a single institution in Brazil with minor head trauma into four groups: Group I (skull X-ray only), Group II (head CT only), Group III (X-ray and CT), and Group IV (observation only).