Abstract

PEREIRA, Edmundo Luís Rodrigues; BICHARA, Cléa Nazaré Carneiro; OLIVEIRA, Ana Carolina Santos  and  COSTA, Márcio Alexandre Teixeira da. Epidemic profile of pediatric patients with Chiari II diagnosis treated at Santa Casa de Misericódia do Pará Hospital. Rev. Para. Med. [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.2, pp.13-17. ISSN 0101-5907.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemilogy and profile of pediatric patients harboring Chiari II malformation treated at Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará Hospital. METHOD: Data were collected from note registers through a proper protocol research, along interviews with responsible persons for the young patients. RESULTS: Most patients belonged to feminine sex, coming from small cities far away from our reference hospital, with an active CSF fistula due rupture of myelomeningocele. Most mothers accomplished prenatal, however, a minority attended to a minimum desired medical consultations, in order to consider a "complete" prenatal follow-up (at least 6 medical visitations). Most patients with myelomeningocele evolved with hydrocephalus, requiring a ventriculostomy. CONCLUSION: The study trace a profile of Chiari II malformations at our institution, emphasizing the importance of prenatal to fetus and mother's health, enabling an improvement in our health care, concerning prevention measures, precise diagnosis and precocious treatment of such malformations

Keywords : Myelomeningocele; Hidrocephalus; Chiari II malformation.

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