[Pelvic presentation].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate costs and benefits of rituximab in combination with cyclophosphamide/vincristine/prednisolone chemotherapy regimen (R-CVP), in previously untreated patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), compared to CVP alone from a Portuguese National Health System (NHS) perspective. METHODS:Cost-effect...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Braga P,Carvalho S,Gomes M,Guerra L,Lúcio P,Marques H,Negreiro F,Pereira C,Silva C,Teixeira A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, 139 intra-cranial aneurysms diagnosed at the Egas Moniz Hospital were studied, from 1980 to the first quarter of 1992. The nature of this type of lesions was discussed, and aneurysms were defined as an abnormal and segmental dilatation of an intracranial artery wall. A statistical study was performed, in...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Branco G,Miguel J,Goulão A,Maurício JC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The determination of hand grip strength is an objective method of evaluation of upper members' integrity. It is also used as a general health indicator. Data about grip strength values in healthy children is useful in the research and diagnosis of diseases that interfere with grip force. The aim of this st...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Carreira H,Amaral TF,Brás-Silva C,Oliveira BM,Borges N

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Foreign body ingestion is a frequent emergency occurrence. Serious complications, although rare, include pharyngooesophageal perforation, aorto-oesophageal fistula and deep neck infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of all cases of foreign body ingestion requiring hospitaliz...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Costa L,Larangeiro J,Pinto Moura C,Santos M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory tract infections represent the most frequent conditions in pediatric clinical practice that motivate antibiotic prescribing. The objective was to identify the frequency and pattern of antibacterial prescribing in respiratory diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Over a period of two years (divided by...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Andrade JV,Vasconcelos P,Campos J,Camurça T

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss the indications for radiotherapy in late breast cancer, retrospectively analysing the experience of the Radiotherapy Department of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Lisbon. Treatment results of locally advanced cancer (T4a-b-c) with megavoltage machines (telecobalt therapy) using two differen...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Patrício MB,Pereira ME,Ramos J,Neves M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1984 until 1994 there were 7 cases of newborn with esophageal atresia without fistulae, five of which were treated through primary anastomosis and two of these presented exceptional long gaps. This article is an analysis of these 7 newborns, their post-operative complications and the therapeutics used. Two deaths...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rosinha MC,Silva JC,Monteiro J,Souto A,Monteiro B

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The recent occurrence of a number of outbreaks of dengue in Portuguese speaking countries with no previous disease, aroused curiosity about the competing factors for the phenomenon and a need for better knowledge of the pathology. We review the dengue-related situation in Portuguese speaking countries, lin...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Silvano J,Abreu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alexithymia construct was introduced by Nemiah and Sifneos in the early 70s. It is a multifaceted personality construct that has been recognized associated with various conditions of health disorders. Nonetheless, despite the abundant literature, due to methodological weaknesses, a great share of the studies has b...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Verissimo R,Bermond B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare form of juvenile diabetes mellitus, defined by early onset, absence of ketosis, non-insulin-dependent diabetes and autosomal dominant inheritance. Advances in molecular genetic analysis have identified mutations accounting for different MODY subtypes, all of them a...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Nobre EL,Lopes LO,Miranda A,Pragosa M,de Castro JJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exercise tolerance test (ETT) is the ancillary test of choice for the evaluation of the patient with ischaemic heart disease. When faced with complaints suggestive of angina pectoris, ETT is useful in confirming or excluding such a diagnosis, frequently reproducing the complaints while recording the tell-tale elec...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Monteiro J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate treatment of a dyslipidaemia is based on correct diagnosis. Together with the laboratory values. A good clinical interview, focusing on the family history, is the bases for a good diagnosis strategy. The author schematze the rules of etiological diagnosis of inherited defects of lipid metabolism. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Da Silva PM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistics is the science that studies variability in all its forms and, in essence, is an instrument that allows us to analyze variable phenomena and detect small, but nevertheless important, differences. The instrumental character of this science made Statistics a fundamental tool for the study of biological and cli...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Gouveia-Oliveira A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if the feeding competencies influence the nutritional status in a group of Portuguese children with cerebral palsy (CP). One hundred and five children, aged between 4 and 12 years, were studied. Nutritional status was determined through BMI for age (BMI_y), and subescapular (...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Campos MA,Kent-Smith L,Costa Santos C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors retrospectively studied 17 patients who have been admitted to the Infectious Diseases Clinic of Coimbra University Hospital during a four year period and whose final diagnosis was brucellar spondylitis. Clinical, epidemiological, laboratory and imaging features are analyzed, as well as those related to the...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Lopes C,Oliveira J,Malcata L,Pombo V,Da Cunha S,Côrte-Real R,Meliço-Silvestre A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The relationship between lymphomas and autoimmune diseases has been reported as bi-directional, however there is a few data in pediatric population. The aim of this work is to evaluate the prevalence of autoimmune diseases in children and adolescents with Hodgkin's lymphoma followed in a Pediatric Oncology...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Jerónimo M,Silva S,Benedito M,Brito MJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the metabolic syndrome (MS) poses a growing public health problem, it is crucial to identify related modifiable risk factors. The MS is a multifaceted syndrome, however, physical activity (PA) is thought to be one of the protective factors in MS occurrence. The purpose of this study is to analyse recent litera...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pereira S,Pereira D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli endocarditis is a rare condition, even though bacteriemia by such agent is common. The infection, normally from a urinary origin, may, in fact, progress without major hemodynamic disturbance and minimal symptoms, regardless its ability of destruction of heart's valvular apparatus. We present a case re...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Teixeira T,Vieira M,Bastos M,Santos JA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the clinical case of a woman exposed to ionizing radiotherapy, for the treatment of breast carcinoma, in whom a pemphigus lesion developed within the area of irradiation. This is, to the authors' knowledge, the 14th case of ionizing radiation-induced pemphigus. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Correia MP,Santos D,Jorge M,Coutinho S

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Meningococcal disease has a wide spectrum of clinical presentation. Occult bacteremia is not easily diagnosed and may have good prognostic. CLINIC REPORT:Three year-old African boy with fever, gonalgia and gait disorder with 24 hours of evolution. Observation was unremarkable. He presented leukocytosis (2...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Coelho R,Brito MJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adolescents are a target group for reproductive health intervention. Family physicians, gynecologists and pediatricians are the main providers of contraceptive counseling. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Correlational, cross-sectional study, approved by the ethics committee of Leiria Hospital, Portugal. Data was col...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Miranda P,Moleiro P,Gaspar P,Luz A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncocytic tumors of the adrenal gland are rare. To date there's only 147 cases published. The authors present a case of a 34 year-old man admitted to the hospital with lumbar pain and fever. At medical examination a mass was found in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. The hormonal measurements of the adrenal ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Capela A,Martinho A,Paixão Duarte F,Garcia H,Rocha Pires F,Theias Manso R,Aparício S,Costa AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Outpatient antimicrobial therapy programs have been in place for more than four decades. They provide safe and effective treatment for a selected group of patients while reducing costs. In Europe in general, and in Portugal in particular, these programs are still a relatively new phenomenon. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rigor J,Ferreira PM,Murteira F,Figueiredo C,Vieira N,Oliveira R,Couto R,Mota M

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of the study described in this paper is to screen medical curricula in relation to the attention paid to intimate partner violence, by applying a framework derived from the international literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We screened curricula of five Mozambican medical schools based on a state-of-t...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Manuel B,Roelens K,Tiago A,Keygnaert I,Valcke M

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithopedions are extremely rare conditions. Less than 300 cases were described worldwide. We report a case occurring in a woman of 77 years of age, admitted with dehydration, urinary tract infection and infected limb pressure ulcers. She had been recently admitted in a Surgery ward for incarcerated umbilical hernia. A...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Gonçalves C,Pimentel A,Leitão S,Santos RM,Costa JN

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of post-caesarean analgesia comparing three techniques most frequently used. PATIENTS AND METHODS:For three months all pregnant women submitted to elective or urgent caesarean section, under general or regional anaesthesia, were evaluate with a total of 129 ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ribeiro I,Nunes F,Ghira M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intertrochanteric fractures incidence has been increasing over the past few years and therefore so have all the problems associated with it. It is important to search for possible ways to reduce comorbidities as well as postoperative mortality. We decided to assess the impact of some routine pre-operative ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Borges A,Torres J,São Simão R,Cabral AT,Pinto R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of seronegative polyarthritis resistant to the anti-inflammatory therapy in a 16-year-old male with intermittent diarrhea. A stool examination showed the presence of cysts of Giardia lamblia and an immunological study detected a partial serum IgA deficiency, including its secretory fraction. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Susano RC,de Quirós JF,Caminal L,Ferro J,Busono C,Gómez C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic data on prevalence of bronchial asthma among childhood in the Azores have been unknown so far. In October of 1993 a study was carried out to determine the prevalence of bronchial asthma in children aged 6-12 years on the island of Faial. Nine hundred and twenty seven schoolchildren, representing more tha...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Prata C,Marto J,Mouzinho I,Menezes M,Susano R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Biological and biosimilar medicinal products have specific characteristics that call for a closer monitoring of their safety profile. Since the current legal framework stems from both European and national regulations, some gaps in the operational field may be expected. The goal of this paper is to identif...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Portela MC,Sinogas C,Almeida FA,Baptista-Leite R,Castro-Caldas A

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00