Síndrome del babuino por exposición a mercurocromo en el curso de una varicela / Baboon syndrome after exposure to mercurochrome during chickenpox

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Aprendizaje de hábitos posturales y de ejercicio físico saludables en niños sanos con problemas leves de columna vertebral / The learning of healthy postural habits and physical exercise in children with slight problems of the vertebral column

Objetivos: elaborar y desarrollar un programa que aumente los conocimientos de losniños y sus familias sobre una correcta higiene postural vertebral, establecer un hábito deejercicio físico e implicar a los niños en su autocuidado para prevenir futuras patologías deespalda.Material y métodos: se incluyó a 13 niños en los que se detectaron problemas leves deespalda (con o sin dolor) en un programa elaborado conjuntamente por el Servicio de Pediatríay de Fisioterapia. El programa consistía en una valoración inicial con enseñanza individualizadade ejercicios y, posteriormente, tres reuniones grupales: en la primera se entregóuna encuesta inicial y un cuaderno de actividades; en las dos posteriores, se valoraron lasactividades realizadas, se mostró un vídeo de higiene postural y se pusieron en común losconocimientos adquiridos. A los tres meses se realizó una exploración final y una encuestade satisfacción a los que completaron el programa.Resultados: de los 13 participantes terminaron el programa 6 (46,1%). En la exploraciónal finalizar el programa, el 100% había mejorado la flexibilidad vertebral y muscular, yhabían aumentado sus conocimientos sobre higiene postural y actividad física. En todos laencuesta de satisfacción fue favorable.Conclusiones: en los niños que completaron el programa se objetiva mejoría en la exploración.La tasa de abandono es mayor a mayor edad. La mejor edad para aplicar el programa estaría entre los 10-12 años (AU)

Objectives: to elaborate and develop a program aimed to increase the child and his/herfamily’s knowledge of a correct postural vertebral hygiene, to establish habits of physical exercise in the child, and to involve him/her in self-care so as to prevent back problems inthe future. Material and methods: thirteen children in whom slight problems of back were detected (with or without pain) were included in a program jointly elaborated by the Pediatrics and the Physical Therapy services. This program consisted of an initial evaluation and individualized teaching of exercises. This was followed by three group meetings: in the first, aninitial survey and a notebook of activities were given to the children and families enrolled; in the next two, the activities carried out were evaluated. A video of postural hygiene wass hown and the acquired knowledge was jointly discussed. Three months later, a final exploration and satisfaction survey was conducted with those children who had completed the program. Results: of the 13 initial participants, 6 finished the program (46.1%). In the exploration carried out to those who had finished the program, 100% had improved their vertebral and muscular flexibility and had increased their knowledge of postural hygiene and physicalactivity. In all, the survey of satisfaction was favorable. Conclusions: the exploration showed an improvement in the children who completed the program. The older the child, the higher the rate of abandonment. The best age for the application of the program could be between 10-12 years (AU)

[Type 4 echovirus meningitis in childhood. Epidemiologic and clinical aspects apropos of an epidemiologic outbreak]. / Meningitis por echovirus tipo 4 en la infancia. Aspectos epidemiológicos y clínicos a propósito de un brote epidémico.

In the first half of 1988 we observed 13 cases of lymphocytic meningitis from which echovirus type 4 was isolated in the CSF. We found a higher infection rate in the 6-9 years old group (54%) and in the masculine sex (69%). Almost all of the cases occurred during the springtime. The clinical and CSF characteristics of this epidemic do not differ much from those that have appeared in the literature. Throughout 1988, in our hospital, 46 cases of lymphocytic meningitis took place and in 20 of them an etiologic diagnosis was done. We think that the introduction of enterovirus cultures can help to know the etiology of many of these cases of meningitis since this virus is responsible for a great part of them.