COVID-19 in pediatric palliative care patients: Multicenter, retrospective cohort study.

Background: Studies have shown the risk factors for COVID-19 severity in children, including comorbidities, but information on the infection course in children with life-limiting conditions is sparse.

Aim: To describe the effect of COVID-19 on pediatric patients receiving palliative care due to life-limiting conditions.

Design: We conducted retrospective cohort study.

Management and neurological outcome of spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma.

This study assesses the etiology, clinical management, and outcome of patients with spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH). SSEH is an uncommon neurosurgical emergency. We analyzed data from 10 patients (six women, four men) treated for SSEH (mean age, 63.

Benign versus atypical meningiomas: risk factors predicting recurrence.

Objective: The aim of the study is to determine which clinic, radiologic, and surgical characteristics of benign and atypical meningioma are associated with tumor progression.

Methods: 335 patients who underwent gross-total resection of intracranial benign and atypical meningiomas between 2000 and 2009 were followed during the period of at least 3 years. Clinical, radiological and surgical features possibly associated with progression-free survival and influencing tumor recurrence were assessed.