Editorial Comment Cases #27 –31

These last cases are certainly not the least. Cases 27 and 28 demonstrate conditions that have arisen out of the intensive management of other diseases. We are going to be seeing more of these complications as we increase the number of children with extended or long-term survival as a result of neuro-intensive care and more effective cancer therapies. When I was a medical student, the survival of a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia was less than 10%. By the time I finished residency the survival rate from the same disease was greater than 90%.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research