49th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery Archive-Pediatric Subdural Empyema: A 10 Year Single Center Review

Pediatric Subdural Empyema: A 10 Year Single Center Review - Laquata Boswell

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In the video, Laquita Boswell, an MPH student in epidemiology and a research assistant at Children's of Alabama Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, discusses the abstract submission titled "Pediatric Subdural Empyema, a 10-Year Single-Center Review." Subdural empyemas (SDEs) are rare but time-sensitive neurosurgical emergencies that occur between the dura and arachnoid matter. The study aimed to determine if disease profiles and time to diagnosis have evolved with modern medicine. The researchers reviewed the records of 26 pediatric patients at Children's of Alabama between 2010 and 2019. They found that SDEs primarily developed from meningitis in younger children and sinusitis in older children. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was more effective than computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing SDEs. Surgical intervention and antibiotic therapy were required for treatment. The median time from diagnosis to surgery was 3.27 hours.

Keywords

Pediatric Subdural Empyema

disease profiles

time to diagnosis

Magnetic resonance imaging

surgical intervention