Recently added articles from Journal of Neuroscience Nursing:
Suffer the children.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Despite myriad job titles and descriptions, varying roles and role responsibilities, and a wide range of practice settings, every working day each of us cares for patients with neurologic and neurosurgical disorders. Our patients require care for degenerative, congenital, vascular, ...
Botox treatment for migraine and chronic daily headache in adolescents.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Children and adolescents experience headaches as do adults and usually present with migraine and chronic daily or tension-type headaches. As some adolescents are unable to achieve headache relief after various treatment strategies, we currently provide botulinum toxin ...
Continuing psychosocial care needs in children with new-onset epilepsy and their parents.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Children with new-onset epilepsy and their parents have many psychosocial care needs, including concerns and fears and needs for information and support. No prospective studies address psychosocial care needs at 12 and 24 months after seizure onset. It is unknown if ...
Management of the child with polymicrogyria.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Polymicrogyria is one of several neuronal migrational defects. This disorder is derived from a malformation in cortical development characterized by many small gyri, shallow sulci, and abnormal cortical layering. The potential causes of polymicrogyria include genetic ...
Interrater reliability and predictive validity of the FOUR score coma scale in a pediatric population.(CE)(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was developed in 1974 to objectively describe neurological status and predict outcome in neuroscience patients. Through the years, the GCS has become the gold standard for coma assessment. Despite its widespread use, the GCS has many ...