Concepts in Pediatric Neurosurgery Vol 8

Defining excellence in pediatric neurosurgery.

Hyperglycemia and postoperative outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery

Eduardo Mekitarian Filho, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Sérgio Cavalheiro, Nelson Kazunobu Horigoshi, Norberto Antonio Freddi, Gil Kruppa Vieira I Pediatrics and Sciences Applied to Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Pediatric Emergency Department, University Hospital of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and Admissions Unit of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Pediatric Inte...

Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery. Vol 25

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Life and Medical Ethics in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Ethical issues in the field of pediatric neurosurgery, including prenatal diagnosis, palliative care for children with an intractable serious disease, and medical neglect, are discussed. An important role of medicine is to offer every possible treatment to a patient. However, it also is the responsibility of medicine to be conscious of its limitations, and to help parents love and respect a chi...

Perioperative patient management in pediatric neurosurgery.

OBJECTIVES To describe the main pathophysiological differences in neurosurgical procedures between children and adults; the main complications and adverse events resulting from pediatric neurosurgery reported in studies; the singularities in anesthetic and intraoperative management in several neurosurgical diseases; the more specific and common complications and their management in the most fre...