Leopoldina Vicente

Reversible Neurological Adverse Reaction to Apixaban

Eduardo Rodrigues Cernadas, Catarina Dionísio, Dalia Estevão, Leopoldina Vicente

Prescriptions for the novel oral anticoagulant factor Xa inhibitors (rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban) have equalled or exceeded those for vitamin K antagonists in many clinical settings requiring chronic anticoagulation, and those of injectable heparins for deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis. The authors report the …

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Infarto do Miocárdio Inferior Evoluído com Pseudoaneurisma do Ventrículo Esquerdo: Um Dilema Diagnóstico

Sónia Gomes Coelho, Clara F. Jorge, Pedro B. Carlos, Anne Delgado et autres

Introducao O pseudoaneurisma (PA) do ventriculo esquerdo (VE) constitui uma complicacao mecânica rara do infarto agudo do miocardio (IAM). Resulta de ruptura miocardica, em que o processo hemorragico e contido pelo pericardio aderente. Ocorre mais comumente na parede ventricular inferior e posterior, …

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Ischemic Acute Hepatic Failure – A Case Report and Review

Eduardo Cernadas, Ana Catarina Dionísio, J V B Correa, Sara Moura Ferreira et autres

Case ReportIschemic hepatitis is a relatively uncommon lesion representing 1 to 2.5% of total patients admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICU).It is characterized by a massive but transient elevation of plasma aminotransferases caused by anoxic necrosis of centrolobular hepatocytes.It often develops …

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Cerebellar Ataxia Associated with Glutamic acid Decarboxylase Autoantibody (Anti GAD)

Ana Catarina Dionísio, Ricardo José Gomes, Isabel de la Cal Caballero, Rita Elvas et autres

Case ReportCerebellar ataxia implies changes in motor coordination and balance.An etiological study is difficult given the countless differential diagnoses.Autoimmune causes, namely due to anti-GAD antibodies, represent only around 2% of progressive cerebellar ataxia in adults [1].The case presented is of a woman …

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Giant Cystic Mediastinal Lymphangioma

Ana Catarina Dionísio, Ricardo Gomes, Eduardo Cernadas, Isabel Caballero et autres

Cystic lymphangioma mainly occurs in children and develops from the lymphatic vessels. The present study reports the case of a 36-year-old female patient with a giant cystic mediastinal lymphangioma. She was asymptomatic and the diagnosis was accidental. Imaging studies are important for …

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Importância da colonização nasal por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino-resistente numa enfermaria de Medicina

João Silva, I. Bernardo, Carlos Henrique Miranda Jorge, Jacinto Sá et autres

Introdução:A colonização por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino-resistente (MRSA) está frequentemente associada a infeção, a qual é responsável pelo aumento da morbilidade e mortalidade. Os autores pretenderam avaliar a prevalência da colonização, fatores de risco, o seu impacto na demora de internamento e na …

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Pielonefrite Enfisematosa Fulminante Secundária a Neoplasia Urotelial com Fístula Renocólica

Ana Rita Elvas, Bruno Jorge Pereira, Filipa Carrega, Leopoldina Vicente

The emphysematous pyelonephritis is a uncommon and potentially fatal entity. The recognition of this condition enables the early correct management of patients. Diabetes and ureteral obstruction are the main risk factors identified. We present the case of a patient with no relevant …

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Cardiac Perforation from a Subclavian Catheter

Leopoldina Vicente, Maximilian Martinez, Jaume Codina, Ana Cardo Maza et autres

Cardiac Perforation from a Subclavian CatheterDear Sirs, We refer to the publication of an article by Hansbrough et al. on 'Cardiac perforation and tamponade from a malpositioned subclavian dialysis catheter* in Nephron [32: 363-364, 1982].The clinical case reported is said to be …

Contents, Vol. 35, 1983

James Goya Heaf, Finn Jørgensen, Lars Peter Nielsen, Amir H. Tejani et autres

[Heart failure: neurohumoral approach to treatment].

Fátima Ceia, Leopoldina Vicente

Heart failure is a frequent human disease, partly related to anomalous activation of the defense systems, following a cardiovascular aggression. Increases in the prevalence of heart failure have been observed in the so-called occidental culture countries, probably due to the increased prevalence …

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Tromboembolismo pulmonar e anticonceptivos orais – a propósito de um caso clínico.

Fernando B. Matos, Leopoldina Vicente, O. Correia dos Santos, Fernando José Barata et autres

A propósito de um caso de Tromboembolismo Pulmonar (TEP), em mulher jovem a fazer anticonceptivo oral (ACO), os AA fazem uma revisão sumária dos ACO como factor de risco no TEP. In reference to a clinical case of Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE) in …

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Incidencia de la patología cardiovascular en una población de 163 pacientes en programa de hemodiálisis periódica

Leopoldina Vicente, Esther Márquez Martínez, A. Plans, Julia Martinez et autres