{"id":2407,"date":"2024-10-23T12:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2024-10-28T08:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:30:16","slug":"research-by-pequeno-principe-validates-non-invasive-method-of-monitoring-intracranial-hypertension-in-pediatrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/9\/research-by-pequeno-principe-validates-non-invasive-method-of-monitoring-intracranial-hypertension-in-pediatrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Research by Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe validates non-invasive method of monitoring intracranial hypertension in pediatrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A clinical study published by professionals from Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe has validated an innovative healthcare solution for pediatrics: brain4care, the world\u2019s first completely non-invasive device for monitoring brain functions and the risk of intracranial hypertension. The solution, which was already validated for use in adults, provides important assistance in the treatment and detection of intracranial hypertension secondary to numerous causes, from trauma to brain tumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The study was published in Scientific Reports<\/em>, by the Nature Group, and proves that brain4care represents an advance in the area of pediatric health, as it allows the identification or confirmation of changes in brain compliance with even greater quality and safety. Previously, this control was only possible through invasive surgery with the insertion of a catheter into the intracranial area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deputy technical director of Quality and Clinical Research at Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Hospital, F\u00e1bio de Ara\u00fajo Motta, highlights the importance of the publication for children and adolescents\u2019 health. \u201cWe are creating a unique reference in the world, something that had not yet been validated by peers. Non-invasive monitoring of the risk of intracranial hypertension may become a new vital sign in healthcare,\u201d he states. \u201cFor our institution, committed to technology and innovation, this represents a significant gain, because, just as we did with TytoCare, we were able to validate an important technology in pediatric patients that will have the potential to impact one billion people in the next ten years, according to Singularity University<\/em>,\u201d Motta emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study carried out was observational cross-sectional, a type of epidemiological research that analyzes a population at a given point in time, collecting data simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intracranial compliance \u2013 the brain\u2019s natural ability to stabilize pressure and prevent it from increasing \u2013 was analyzed using brain4care in 55 neurologically healthy children. The patients were aged between 2 years and 17 years and 11 months and were recruited exclusively from the Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Conducted between February 2021 and August 2022, the study demonstrated the ease of use of the device, its comfort and good acceptance of its use, as well as making it possible to determine a normal range of values for measuring intracranial compliance in pediatric patients. \u201cThe data obtained help determine normal values with the brain4care sensor. This helps us detect acute changes in intracranial lesions with increased pressure, which \u2013 if not controlled \u2013 can lead to worsening neurological conditions and, eventually, even death,\u201d explains one of the researchers in the study, head of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Service at Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Hospital, neurosurgeon Adriano Keijiro Maeda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brain4care solution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created by scientist S\u00e9rgio Mascarenhas \u2013 who passed away in 2021 \u2013, brain4care has become a deep tech (startup based on scientific research). By providing non-invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure, the equipment allows the medical team to assess and monitor the evolution of the risk of neurological damage in patients in clinics and hospitals, assisting in the triage of cases, in the rapid and assertive diagnosis of associated pathologies and in the definition of conducts. The solution is innovative, painless and does not require medication, preparation or contrasts, and this allows the time interval between use and results to be reduced. Monitoring through the device qualifies support for decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis study is completely unprecedented in the literature. It begins a new era of intracranial pressure monitoring in the pediatric population, providing better results and faster decision-making using a 100% non-invasive method,\u201d highlights neuropediatrician Simone Carreiro Vieira Karuta, author of the article and one of the investigating physicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A study proving the results of brain4care was published in \u201cScientific Reports\u201d, from the Nature Group, one of the most relevant open access scientific journals in the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-11","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newsano8\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}