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Nomogram for predicting post-traumatic hydrocephalus after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop and validate a practical nomogram to predict the occurrence of post-traumatic hydrocephalus in patients who have undergone decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury. METHODS: A total of 516 cases were enrolled and divided into the training (n=36...

Factores asociados a hidrocefalia congénita
Factors associated to congenital hydrocephaly

Rev. medica electron; 42 (1), 2020
RESUMEN La hidrocefalia congénita constituye un síndrome polimórfico, que reúne afecciones diversas que conllevan a la discapacidad mental y a la muerte, puede aparecer como una malformación aislada o asociarse a otras, relacionada con un gran número de defunciones. La mayoría de los casos diagnos...

La prevención de defectos congénitos del sistema nervioso, una necesidad inaplazable
Prevention of the nervous system congenital defects, an undeferrable necessity

Rev. medica electron; 41 (4), 2019

Hemorragia subaracnóidea espontânea não aneurismática: perimesencefálica versus não perimesencefálica

RESUMO Objetivo: Comparar a evolução clínica da hemorragia subaracnóidea perimesencefálica com a da hemorragia subaracnóidea não perimesencefálica. Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo, que incluiu pacientes portadores de hemorragia subaracnóidea sem causa conhecida em um hospital terciário local...

Defectos congénitos en un hospital de tercer nivel en Cali, Colombia
Congenital defects in a tertiary level hospital in Cali, Colombia

OBJETIVO: Determinar la prevalencia global e individual de los defectos congénitos diagnosticados al nacimiento en un hospital de referencia de la ciudad de Cali, Colombia, periodo 2011-2012 y comparar los resultados con lo reportado previamente para la misma institución. MÉTODOS: Se realizó vigilanc...

A cluster of central nervous system defects in Jamaica

Information was collected on all stillbirths and neonatal deaths on the island of Jamaica during the 12 month period September 1986 to August 1987. There were 33 such deaths with anencephaly, spina bifida and hydrocephalus out of an estimated population of 54,400 total births. There was a statistically s...