• World Neurosurg · Sep 2015

    Challenges in the Management of Hydrocephalic Children in Northern Mozambique.

    • Sérgio Salvador, João Carlos Henriques, Missael Munguambe, Rui M C Vaz, and Henrique P Barros.
    • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lúrio, Nampula, Mozambique; Department of Neurosurgery, Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto, Portugal; Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Oporto, Portugal; Neurosciences Unit of CUF Porto Hospital, Oporto, Portugal. Electronic address: sfsalvador.neurocirurgia@gmail.com.
    • World Neurosurg. 2015 Sep 1;84(3):671-6.

    BackgroundHydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mozambique, is still a significant health care problem.MethodsRetrospective data from a previous study were used to determine patient provenance, referral patterns, and lost to follow-up rates.ResultsMany children with hydrocephalus in this region are not taken to health care facilities for treatment. Reasons include poverty, difficult access, lack of transportation, and erroneous cultural interpretations. Resource limitations in terms of poorly equipped health care facilities and a lack of trained health professionals also contribute.ConclusionsEfforts to improve prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up are of utmost importance in Mozambique.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…