Abstract:
:The isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria was considered for many years as a result of contamination or transient colonization. The role of these bacteria in human disease was recognized only after 1950. They were present almost exclusively in patients with underlying pulmonary pathology and were rare. The prevalence of disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria was dramatically increased with the AIDS epidemic. Disseminated infection with MAC and other atypical mycobacteria is nowadays a frequent complication of AIDS. The authors describe some epidemiological and clinical features of these nontuberculous mycobacteria emphasizing the role of MAC and make some considerations about the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of these diseases. The authors end by presenting their own clinical experience.
journal_name
Acta Med Portjournal_title
Acta medica portuguesaauthors
Sarmento e Castro RS,Vasconcelos O,Horta AA,Rodrigues F,Pereira MF,Rocha-Marques Asubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-12-01 00:00:00pages
371-9issue
12eissn
0870-399Xissn
1646-0758journal_volume
12pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:INTRODUCTION:Metals are a common cause of allergic contact dermatitis. After the introduction of the EU Nickel Directive (1994/27/CE; 2004/96/EC) and, more recently, the Cement Directive (2003/53/EC) there has been a significant decrease in sensitization to metals mainly in the Nordic countries. The applicability of th...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Current practice guidelines recommend using Current Opioid Misuse Measure to screen aberrant opioid-related behaviors in chronic pain patients. Our aims were to translate, adapt and validate it to be used in Portuguese chronic pain patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Translation and cultural adaptation process...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.12015
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Suicidal behaviour still represents a serious public health problem. Although the existence of some consultations on this subject, their efficacy remains very far from what we wish. In that sense, the research on the biological markers of suicidal behaviour might be of considerable importance. The aim of this paper is...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Crohn's disease (CD), Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Indeterminate Colitis (IC), commonly known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) represent a heterogeneous group of chronic diseases of unknown origin and varying course, diagnosed in pediatric age at 25 to 30% of cases. Epidemiological international studies ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of a 25-year-old women admitted to the emergency room of Santa Maria Hospital with pancytopenia and fever. We describe the diagnostic work-up, laboratory findings, therapy, outcome and follow-up after discharge Lastly, we discuss aplastic anemia as a rare systemic lupus erythematosus complication, wit...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.11088
更新日期:2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Osteoporosis in men, despite being a less important public health problem than osteoporosis in women, should not be neglected as it has many deleterious effects as well as social and economic costs. Finding the cause of osteoporosis is more complex in men than in women, and prevention should be based on an early evalu...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy in the first sixteen patients operated by endoscopic third ventriculostomy for triventricular obstructive hydrocephalus in the Hospital of S. João-Porto. METHODS:Operated from December 1998 to December 1999, there were one adult, one teenager...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Selected medical students for undergraduate medical courses in Portugal exhibit each year substantial deficiencies in chemistry. The group of students admitted to the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon in 1989/1990 were selected by admission criteria apparently more restrictive than before. The aim of this study was to eva...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Embalming is a chemical process that aims the preservation and sanitization of the human body indefinitely. The technique of embalming is an important tool in teaching and research in anatomy enabling the preservation of cadaveric material in good conditions (lessening any significant structural changes and maintainin...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess peak systolic velocity values in middle cerebral artery (PSMCA) of normal fetuses from 22nd to 38th week of gestation. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We made a prospective study of 33 healthy fetuses from 22nd to 38th to determine peak systolic velocity by Doppler velocimetry. Doppler ultrasound was performe...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The use of adequate assessment tools in health care is crucial for the management of care. The lack of specific tools in Portugal for assessing the performance of children who use cochlear implants motivated the translation and adaptation of the EARS (Evaluation of Auditory Responses to Speech) test batter...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In Portugal the screening for phenylketonuria (PKU) and congenital hypothyroidism (CH) was begun towards the end of 1979, and by 1990 59 cases of PKU and 227 cases of CH had been detected. The early initiation of treatment and the observed mental and motor development, point towards a normal development in these child...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.11111
更新日期:2019-02-28 00:00:00
abstract::Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system evaluation was performed in 21 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Every patient had autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction, the parasympathetic involvement being the most frequent. ANS dysfunction may explain some manifestations and may well be the expression of a la...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fever of unknown origin is a diagnostic challenge. When the diagnosis remains elusive despite extensive non-invasive diagnostic studies, it can be necessary to conduct more invasive procedures, such as liver biopsy. We report a male with fever of unknown origin who had tender enlarged liver and raised liver enzymes wh...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment is a cornerstone for the achievement of best practices and outcomes. Epidemiologic data and practices related to venous thromboprophylaxis as considered by the global ENDORSE study, (Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for Venous...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Significative enhancement of free radical formation (FRO) in vivo is an important feature of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), namely preeclampsia (PIH). The latest investigations about the pathology of HDP, showed the contribution of placental circulation to the development and evolution of such disease. The...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors describe the ambulatory treatment of a young man, the son of a divorced mother, where they used a methodology called Combined Treatment of Heroin Addicts, which was done in stages. They used family sessions, with a concomitant hearing of the patient alone, combined with the use of an opioid antagonist, cal...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is a wide acknowledgement of obesity as a relevant clinical entity. Such relevance can be inferred by the huge worldwide amount of research and related health promotion and clinical efforts. Though the evidence sustains some cues for the therapeutic success, the overall long-term effectiveness of obesity treatme...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Whipple's Disease is a rare multisystemic disease caused by Gram-positive bacillus, Tropheryma whippelii, family of Actinobacterias and group of Actinomycetes. Because the disease is rare and has different forms of presentation the diagnosis comes frequently late. The authors present the case of a white man, 50 years ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Differential diagnosis concerning Crohn's Disease and intestinal tuberculosis is often difficult. The authors present an illustrative case with ileal tuberculosis and secondary amyloidosis. Diagnostic tools and therapeutic measures are described. Literature review and theoretical discussion of both pathologies are inc...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, in an elderly Portuguese population, the diagnostic capacities of the most popular treadmill stress test protocols. DESIGN:Retrospective study of an elderly Portuguese population submitted to a stress test. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A population of 45 patients (35 male), aged 65 or more years, conse...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nowadays, the digestive system, must be considered as an actual endocrinous gland. The authors, after pointing out the pharmacological and immunomodulating actions of endogenous somatostatine, briefly describe a new synthetic octapeptid, somatostatine-analogue, with similar pharmacological effects (octreotide). Finall...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Severity in systemic lupus erythematosus may vary from mild to even fatal consequences. There are no biomarkers to predict the disease's prognosis. The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/ Systemic Damage Index defines systemic lupus erythematosus disease severity and is found to predict pro...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.8082
更新日期:2017-05-31 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::From January 1980 until October 1991 we operated 112 patients with Gastric cancer in which Surgery was considered palliative by intra-operative criteria or by pathological analysis of the resected specimen. Locally irresectable tumour was found in 24.1% of the cases, peritoneal metastases (mets.) in 21.4%, liver mets....
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory autoimmune disease believed to arise from complex interactions of both environmental and genetic factors. As in other complex diseases with autoimmune features, a genetic association with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex is well documented. Association...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2012-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00