CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH NON-LESIONAL EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS DURING SLEEP

Corpus callosotomy in pediatric patients with non-lesional epileptic encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during sleep

Epileptic encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during sleep (ESES) is often refractory to medical treatment and leads to poor cognitive outcomes.Corpus Natural Leather Strop callosotomy may be an effective treatment option for drug-resistant ESES with no focal etiology.We retrospectively identified three patients who underwent corpus c

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Advance care planning after hospital discharge: qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers from patient interviews

Abstract Background Patients who engage in Advance Care Planning (ACP) are more likely to get care consistent with their values.We sought to determine the barriers and facilitators to ACP engagement after discharge from hospital.Methods Prior to discharge from hospital eligible patients received a standardized conversation about prognosis and ACP.E

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Scanning electron microscopy of the dorsal vessel of Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

In this study we analyzed the microanatomy of the dorsal vessel of the triatomine Panstrongylus megistus.The organ is a tuble anatomically divided into an anterior aorta anad a posterior Boys Balboa Tees heart, connected to the body wall through 8 pairs of alary muscles.The heart is divided in 3 chambers by means of 2 pairs of cardiac valves.a pair

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