Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Presentation of a case of nursery related with Ida Orlando theory

Abstract

In 1933, a Dutch pediatrician, PhD Cornelia de Lange described two children with similar characteristics. Nowadays she is recognized as the one who described the symptoms encompassing the syndrome named after her. It is a congenital multiple malformative disorder, determined by its facial characteristics associated to pre and postnatal grow retardation, mental retardation of variable level, and, in some cases, anomalies of the upper parts. Many of the symptoms appear at birth and at early ages.

The process of nursery care is the scientific method ruling Nursery professionals’ performance, related to a theoretical basis and developing analytical skills that, practically applied, strike on patients’ improvement. This work was carried out with the aim of presenting a few frequent case of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, performing the Nursery care process according to Ida Orlando theoretical model. 

It deals with female, white, 10-months patient who entered the Intensive Care Service of the Provincial Pediatric Hospital “Eliseo Noel Caamaño”, of Matanzas when she was two months. Relating Ida Rolando’s theory to this Nursery care process allowed the patient’s integral care, and developed the practical skills of Nursery care, besides promoting the critical reasoning for the sake giving a quality and scientifically focused care.