Profile of patients with brain tumors and the role of nursing care.

Objective: to describe the profile of 200 patients with central nervous system tumors (CNST), and the role of the nursing care.

Method: prospective, quantitative and descriptive analysis of medical records of 200 patients with TSNC.

Results: a total of 61% of our patients had benign CNST and 39% had malignant tumors.

Traumatic Brain Injury Epidemiology in Brazil.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) stands out as a grave social and economic problem. Emerging countries possess few epidemiologic studies on the range and impact of TBI.

Objective: Our study aimed to characterize the demographic, social, and economic profile of people suffering from TBI in Brazil.

Endoscopic transnasal approach for removing pituitary tumors.

Unlabelled: To describe a series of 129 consecutive patients submitted to the resection of pituitary tumors using the endoscopic transsphenoidal approach in a public medical center.

Method: Retrospective analysis based on the records of patients submitted to the resection of a pituitary tumor through the endoscopic transsphenoidal approach between 2004 and 2009.

Results: One hundred and twenty-nine records were analyzed.