[Neurological disorders and dependence of nursing care in patients with brain tumor].

The aim of this study was to identify neurological disorders in 32 patients with diagnosis of brain tumor, and to evaluate the dependency of nursing care before and after the surgery. This study was carried out at the Neurosurgery Unit of São Paulo Hospital, Brazil, from June to December, 2004. One instrument was used to collect physical and neurological data, and another to evaluate the dependence degree.

Hospital-acquired meningitis in patients undergoing craniotomy: incidence, evolution, and risk factors.

Objectives: To establish the incidence of postcraniotomy meningitis, identify etiologic agents, assess patients' medical progress in relation to both length of hospitalization and mortality, and analyze risk factors.

Material And Methods: This study was developed at Hospital São Paulo, a tertiary university hospital, between August 1995 and January 1998. We conducted a case-control trial, in which 50 pairs of patients were matched.