@article{ref1,
title="Current status of pediatric neurocritical care in Argentina",
journal="Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria",
year="2020",
author="Neira, Pablo and Monteverde, Ezequiel and Pérez, Augusto and Morales, Gastón and Landry, Luis",
volume="118",
number="3",
pages="204-209",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Patients with neurocritical injuries account for 10-16 % of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions and frequently require neuromonitoring.   OBJECTIVE: To describe the current status of neuromonitoring in Argentina.   METHODS: Survey with 37 questions about neuromonitoring without including patients' data. Period: April-June 2017.   RESULTS: Thirty-eight responses were received out of 71 requests (14 districts with 11 498 annual discharges). The PICU/hospital bed ratio was 21.9 (range: 4.2-66.7). Seventy-four percent of PICUs were public; 61 %, university-affiliated; and 71 %, level I. The availability of monitoring techniques was similar between public and private (percentages): intracranial pressure (95), electroencephalography (92), transcranial Doppler (53), evoked potentials (50), jugular saturation (47), and bispectral index (11). Trauma was the main reason for monitoring.   CONCLUSION: Except for intracranial pressure and electroencephalography, neuromonitoring resources are scarce and active neurosurgery availability is minimal. A PICU national registry is required.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0004-0487",
doi="10.5546/aap.2020.eng.204",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5546/aap.2020.eng.204"
}