Introduction: Pediatric patients with cognitive dysfunction are at greater risk of pain than typically developing children. Pain assessment in these patients is complex and could generate uncertainty in health professionals about what the key aspects are.
Aim: To determine the training needs perceived by nursing professionals regarding acute pain assessment in pediatric patients with cognitive dysfunction.
Introduction And Objective: Intracranial hypertension (ICH) is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with severe traumatic head injuries. Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical technique that allows to reduce intracranial pressure (ICP) and to improve cerebral blood flow.
Objective: To present our experience on DC for the treatment of ICH.
Diaphragmatic bilateral palsy is uncommon in children. The most important etiologies are thoracic surgery and obstetric trauma. Respiratory muscle impairment is a rare phenomenon in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT).
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