Citation

Caceres A, Chico-Ponce de Leon F. Childs Nerv. Syst. 2019; 35(8): 1269-1271.

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG), Mexico D.F., Mexico.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00381-019-04248-3

PMID

31218466

Abstract

During the last day of the Latin American Pediatric Neurosurgery Society (LAPNS) Meeting held in San José, Costa Rica (May 2–4, 2019), a multidisciplinary session was held to analyze the diverse components involved in the abusive head trauma syndrome in infants and small children.

During this session, the patterns of neurosurgical caseload and management in large urban areas such as Buenos Aires and Mexico alongside with rural areas in Bolivia were discussed; this was followed by lectures on acute emergency room management, ophthalmological diagnosis and management, neuroimaging diagnosis, neuropathological findings, and long-term supportive and palliative care. Additionally, this session included the socioeconomic and psychological factors that participate in the circumstances of the offenders that lead to this phenomenon along with the current legal and public policy prevention strategies.

The LAPNS was particularly pleased to host an invited speaker from UNICEF that ...

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