%0 Journal Article
%T Monitoreo neurofisiol¨®gico intraoperatorio en Pediatr¨ªa: controversias actuales
%A Habeych S.
%A Miguel E.
%J Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
%D 2012
%I Universidad Industrial de Santander
%X introduction: intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring is a new application of clinical neurophysiology. through the immediate detection of functional alterations during medical or surgical procedures, it pretends to minimize the appearance of neurological lesions. objetive: its indications in pediatric patients are enumerated. its standard modalities are mentioned, and, current controversies on some of its most important indications are discussed. conclusions: for the controversies selection we used the only four existent literature reviews. it is concluded, that despite such a recent application, it represents an important tool in the prevention and/or reduction of possible neurological lesions in close to 5% of medical-surgical procedures, many of these of which, are performed in pediatric patients. salud uis 2012; 44 (1): 7-16
%K clinical neurophysiology
%K intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring
%K pediatrics.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0121-08072012000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en