Transición hacia la edad adulta de pacientes con ventilación mecánica domiciliaria: descripción y resultados de una consulta multidisciplinar / No disponible

Introducción: Los avances en la medicina han aumentado la supervivencia de niños con neumopatías crónicas graves. Estos pacientes tienen riesgo de la interrupción de cuidados sanitarios si no son atendidos por programas de adultos. Describimos el funcionamiento general y características de pacientes de una Consulta de Transición de Ventilación Mecánica Domiciliaria (CTVMD). Métodos: Estudio observacional de la actividad de la CTVMD desde mayo del 2012, hasta diciembre del 2015. La CTVMD está conformada por dos pediatras neumólogos, dos neumólogos de adultos, un otorrinolaringólogo y una enfermera. Se registraron datos antropométricos, fecha de transición, de inicio de Ventilación Mecánica Domiciliaria (VMD), y datos clínicos. Desde los 14 años, y durante un periodo de 1 a 2 años, estos pacientes fueron valorados en la CTVMD de forma simultánea por profesionales pediátricos y de adultos hasta que fueron definitivamente transferidos a la consulta de adultos. Resultados: Durante este período 17 pacientes fueron valorados en la CTVMD. Catorce varones (82%), con 16,29 ± 1,49 años de edad en el momento de la transición, y 16,75 ± 1,98 años al inicio de la VMD. La patología subyacente más frecuente fue la neuromuscular (65%), luego la toracógena (17%), y la hipoventilación central (6%). Once pacientes recibían soporte respiratorio (64,7%), todos en modalidad no invasiva. De ellos en 7 (63,6%) se inició durante la transición. Conclusiones: La mayor parte de los pacientes han iniciado la VMD en la adolescencia o la edad adulta, cuando ya han pasado a la consulta de adultos. Un enfoque multidisciplinar de la transición puede evitar la pérdida de cuidados sanitarios en estos pacientes

Introduction: Medical advances have improved the supervivence of children with severe chronic respiratory diseases. These patients are in risk of sanitary care interruption if not adapted in adults programs. We describe the general functioning and characteristics of patients in a Home Mechanical Ventilation Transition Practice (HMVTP). Methods: Observational study about the activity of HMVTP, since May 2012 to December 2015. HMVTP team is conformed by two pediatricians pulmonologists, two adults pulmonologists, one ear nose throat specialist and one nurse. Anthropometric data, transition date, NIV adaptation date and clinical data were collected. Since age 14 and through a period of 1-2 years, these patients were evaluated in the HMVTP simultaneously by pediatricians and adults specialists, till theyre final transference to adults practice. Results: During the study period 17 patients were evaluated in HMVTP, 14 were male (82%), with 16,29 ± 1,49 years old in the momento of transition, and 16,75 ± 1,98 years old at the NIV adaptation. Undelying most frequent respiratory conditions were neuromuscular diseases (65%), thoracic anomalies (17%) and central hypoventilation (6%). 11 patients were treated with NIV (64,7%), and 7 of them were adapted to NIV after transition (63,6%). Conclusions: Most patients have been adapted to MV in the adulthood, after they have been transitioned from pediatrics to adults practice. A multidisciplinary approach of this transition may avoid the loss of sanitary care in these patients

Complicaciones de la otitis media / No disponible

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[Gradenigo syndrome as the form of presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma]. / Síndrome de Gradenigo como forma de presentación de carcinoma nasofaríngeo.

INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a condition which usually has an insidious onset and non-specific features in the initial stages, so it is difficult to make an early diagnosis. The most usual presenting features are otological (serous otitis media) and involvement of adjacent cranial nerves. We report a case of Gradeningo's syndrome due to the tumour spreading towards the base of the skull. We review the literature on the aetiology of this syndrome. CLINICAL CASE: A 53 year old patient required neurological assessment for a clinical condition which was compatible with Gradenigo's syndrome that involved both right V and VI cranial nerves. This study permitted diagnosis of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma which had been undetected because of its non-specific features, until this complication occurred. Otorhinolaryngological assessment proved the presence of a neoplasm in the cavum. Biopsy of the lesion showed it to be a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed extension of the tumour to the base of the skull, adjacent to the right sinus cavernosus. The cerebrospinal fluid was normal. Treatment by radiotherapy was indicated. CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma requires a high index of suspicion in view of its initial, sparse, non-specific symptoms. Although ideally the disease should be detected in its early stages, we believe that it is useful to recommend that in cases of Gradenigo's syndrome a full systematic otorhinolaryngological exploration be made so as to effectively rule out this disorder.