[Current knowledge on major complications after whole brain radiotherapy or radiosurgery].

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Approximately 20% - 30% of histological lymph node-negative patients with colorectal cancer relapse at five years after surgical treatment. This recurrence is likely due to occult nodal disease undetected by standard histopathological practice which has implications in terms of the clinical management of p...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Brito MJ,Honavar M,Cipriano MA,Lopes J,Coelho H,Silva AR,Silva M,Guimarães S,Frutuoso A,Gomes A,Barbosa E,Carlos S

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital absence of the inferior vena cava is a rare vascular anomaly, and most cases are asymptomatic. Nevertheless, patients with inferior vena cava malformations may have increased risk of deep venous thrombosis. Particularly, cases of bilateral deep venous thrombosis may arise owing to an insufficient collateral...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Langer F,Dos Santos D,Suertegaray G,Haygert C

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease (FD) is a rare disorder resulting from mutations of the alpha-Galactosidase A lysosomal enzyme gene. Accumulation of enzyme substrates leads to multisystemic clinical manifestations and multiorgan progressive damage with high morbidity and mortality. Recombinant enzyme replacement therapy (RERT) now avai...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Capelo J,Soares C,Carragoso A,Ribeiro P,Girão F,Henriques P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several intra-arterial embolization techniques with polimerization substances, particles, thrombogenic coils and silicone and latex balloons have been used in the endovascular therapy of arteriovenous fistulas in different vascular territories. Using the Seldinger technique by femural route and with a coaxial system i...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Campos JG,Gomes LB,Afonso JR,Machado JS,Schaller JC,Mesquita AM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited errors of purine and pyrimidine metabolism are a group of disorders with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. They may involve nervous, renal, haematological and immunological systems, presenting at any age. The incidence and prevalence of these disorders are unknown. Most clinicians are not aware of...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Diogo L,Proença T,Garcia P,Olveira C,Simmonds A

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor and the leading cause of cancer death in women in Portugal. Due to its relation to an increase in distant metastasis and subsequent death, loco-regional relapse is one major concern in breast cancer women. Several classic prognostic factors as tumour size, n...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Faria G,Cardoso MJ,Martins D,Bettencourt H,Amendoeira I,Schimitt F

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic thyroid tumor is a rare tumor and constitutes 5 to 10% of thyroid carcinomas. Is one of the most aggressive solid tumors and the prognosis is always fatal with a mean survival of 3 to 7 months. The current therapeutics are scarce and inefficacious. A retrospective analysis was performed in 12 clinical cases...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Martins TD,Carrilho F,Leitão P,Lemos MC,Campos MV,Geraldes E,Carvalheiro M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a clinical case of an intracranial dural arteriovenous malformation with clinical manifestations of a prefrontal syndrome, documented with its respective diagnostic tests, including imaging studies. A number of considerations are being enlarged upon, concerning possible pathophysiological mechanism...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Cerqueira L,Coimbra J,Matos E,Reis FC,Beirão JC

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Portugal is experiencing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. All-causes mortality in Portugal increased during March and April 2020 compared to previous years, but this increase is not explained by COVID-19 reported deaths. The aim of this study was to analyze and consider other criteria...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Nogueira PJ,Nobre MA,Nicola PJ,Furtado C,Vaz Carneiro A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Power of Food Scale measures appetite for, rather than consumption of, palatable foods - a construct frequently designated as hedonic hunger. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the Power of Food Scale, namely reliability and construct validit...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ribeiro G,Santos O,Camacho M,Torres S,Mucha-Vieira F,Sampaio D,Oliveira-Maia AJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults, endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia is almost invariably due to insulinoma. The authors describe a 29 year old patient with repeated postprandial symptomatic hypoglycaemias and negative prolonged fast test. Distal pancreatectomy was performed, directed by positive arteriographic testing. Histological ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Branco VA,Santos RM,Cipriano MA,Tralhão G,Otero M,Moura JA,Sousa FC,Porto A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES:The authors make the balance of the first five years of teaching Anatomy to the Licensure in Health Sciences, of Lisbon University. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Were studied 408 students, enrolled in the Curricular Unit of Anatomy (mandatory subject of the 1st semester) and 29 in the Curricular Unit o...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Furtado IA,Gonçalves Ferreira AD,Gonçalves Ferreira AJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our neonatal service is part of a differentiated perinatal hospital and has contributed to the Vermont Oxford Network for more than 15 years. This data base includes data on the morbidity and mortality of newborns born in the member hospitals with birth weight between 401 and 1500 g and/ or from 22 to 29 w...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Saldanha J,Moniz C,Machado MC

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are potentially life-threatening adverse cutaneous drug reactions. Clinically, it manifests as a rash, often morbilliform, or atypical target lesions that evolve to epidermal detachment. There is mucosal involvement in almost all patients. The loss of skin's barr...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Oliveira A,Sanches M,Selores M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Internal Medicine consultation plays an important part in the activity of the Medicine Department. This activity is seldom quantified and is usually underestimated. In order to assess the work load represented by this service, the authors designed a prospective study to quantify and analyse the characteristics of ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Marto NC,Marques C,Almeida JC,Sá J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cervix cancer is the fourth most common female cancer and the second most frequent in women aged 15 to 44 years. The infection by the human papillomavirus is a necessary condition in almost all of cervix cancer cases; it is a sexually transmitted disease and all women sexually active are at risk of being i...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pimenta Ribeiro J,Borges I

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In experimental ageing models an inverse relationship between age and alkaline phosphatase activity has been observed. OBJECTIVE:To characterize serum levels of alkaline phosphatase activity in humans according to age and gender. METHODS:Serum alkaline phosphatase was determined in a random sample of 203 c...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Negrão MR,Martins MJ,Ramos E,Barros H,Hipólito-Reis C,Azevedo I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The consumption of potentially inappropriate medicines is high among institutionalized elderly, predisposing to potential drug interactions, adverse drug events, risk of iatrogenic cascade, increased morbidity and mortality and health costs. Medication review is a promising strategy for therapeutic optimiz...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Peixoto S,Almeida A,Caramelo A,Mendes L

更新日期：2020-07-30 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：:Biomedical simulation is an effective educational complement for healthcare training, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It enables knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired in a safe, educationally orientated and efficient manner. In this context, simulation provides skills and experience that facilit...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Sá-Couto C,Patrão L,Maio-Matos F,Pêgo JM

更新日期：2016-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The female varicocile is associated to the pelvic congestion syndrome that is described. Five patients 31 to 52 years old are presented. Four of them have continuous pelvic pain and the fifth had huge vaginal and vulvar varices. Flebography of the left ovarian vein showed retrograde flux of the dilated vein. Sclerothe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pisco JM,Alpendre J,Santos DD,Branco J,Jorge R,Albino JP,Menezes JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 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

authors： Neves J,Cruz AS,Azevedo I,Vaz AC,Vasco P,Santos PJ,Bicho MP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:MEN2A is an autossomal dominant cancer syndrome characterised by the presence of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma and primary hyperparathyroidism. Germline mutations of the RET protooncogene constitute the molecular defect and can be identified in affected individuals. Genetic screening of family...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Lemos MC,Carrilho F,Rodrigues FJ,Cavalheiro M,Regateiro FJ,Ruas MM

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:In this paper we discuss a non-invasive method to localize neural electrical sources using EEG data. In this method, the human head is modelled by a set of four concentric spheres with different conductivities which represent the scalp, the skull, the CSF and the brain or by three triangulated surfaces which approxima...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Silva C,Oostendorp T,Ducla-Soares E,Foreid JP,Pimentel T,Botelho MJ,Almeida A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many workers in the textile industry have respiratory symptoms that are related to their work environment. In this study we observed the dust level conditions of eleven textile industries of the North of Portugal. The dust levels determined were between 0.1 mg/m3 and 1.25 mg/m3, in many cases above the Portuguese stan...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Da Costa JT,Barros H,Macedo JA,Ribeiro H,Mayan O,Pinto AS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sacroiliitis accounts for about 1.5% - 10% of all cases of septic arthritis and it is strongly associated with gynaecological infections, pelvic trauma or drug abuse (3.4% - 12.8% of cases occur during the postpartum period). Early diagnosis is difficult because the symptoms are nonspecific in pregnancy and in the...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vale-Fernandes E,Rodrigues F,Monteiro C,Carvalho L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess in diabetic nephropathy, the accuracy of estimated creatinine clearance (calculated with the Cockroft Gault formula) and the clearance of the Tc99m-DTPA, to measure the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analysed the GFR measure by Tc99m-DTPA method and the estimated by the C...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Guimarães J,Bastos M,Melo M,Carvalheiro M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the critically ill patient admitted to the general intensive care unit begins to turn out to be very important but it is still little spread. The full implementation of the echocardiography in the general intensive cares is compromised by the acoustic window. H...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Côrte-Real H,França C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00