Last modified: 2014-04-03
Abstract
determine how effective treatments are in epileptic children,
specifically in those who suffer from West Syndrome, one of the worst kind
of epileptic syndromes. That is the main reason of this
research paper. The objective was to apply in Santiago de Cuba Paediatric
Hospital a scale named CAVE to determine the quality of life of children admitted with this pathology, showing hopeless results. A
retrospective and descriptive study was made and as a consequence, a
multidisciplinary team was created to analyze and modify those
results. Clinical files were used, hospital general files, the data base of
every patient admitted there from 2005 until last year and the information
at the web site of children with this syndrome. Forty-three patients were
included in a program that combined the participation of Neurologist,
Neurophysiologist, Neuropsychologists, Therapist and Pediatric evaluating
children starting and after three months, time in which they had all kind
of exercises to increase the plasticity of their brain and their capacity
to include themselves to the society and their families environment. There was
created a final program made of combined exercises and evaluation of the
brain function by the Neurophysiologist to apply after the hopeless results showed at the beginning to modify the quality of life of every child admitted
even with other kind of Epilepsy. The results of this research paper
were 97 percent successfully, a reference to every epileptic child admitted in our country.
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References
Dr Gelsy Naranjo Pelayo. Author.
Quality of life in children with West Syndrome in Santiago de Cuba Paediatric Hospital.
The evaluation of the quality of life has been an important instrument to
determine how effective treatments are in epileptic children,
specifically in those who suffer from West Syndrome, one of the worst kind
of epileptic syndromes. That is the main reason of this
research paper. The objective was to apply in Santiago de Cuba Paediatric
Hospital a scale named CAVE to determine the quality of life of children admitted with this pathology, showing hopeless results. A
retrospective and descriptive study was made and as a consequence, a
multidisciplinary team was created to analyze and modify those
results. Clinical files were used, hospital general files, the data base of
every patient admitted there from 2005 until last year and the information
at the web site of children with this syndrome. Forty-three patients were
included in a program that combined the participation of Neurologist,
Neurophysiologist, Neuropsychologists, Therapist and Pediatric evaluating
children starting and after three months, time in which they had all kind
of exercises to increase the plasticity of their brain and their capacity
to include themselves to the society and their families environment. There was
created a final program made of combined exercises and evaluation of the
brain function by the Neurophysiologist to apply after the hopeless results showed at the beginning to modify the quality of life of every child admitted
even with other kind of Epilepsy. The results of this research paper
were 97 percent successfully, a reference to every epileptic child admitted in our country.