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abstract：:A growing number of thyroid nodules are detected incidentally during imaging tests performed for unrelated reasons and constitute both a clinical and public health problem. Due to scarce information and lack of long term follow-up studies of individuals with subclinical nodules, there are no consensual guidelines for ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Borges A

更新日期：2006-07-01 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：: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：:The pathogenesis of cholestasis, bilirubin encephalopathy, and Alzheimer's disease appears to result from accumulation of diverse cytotoxic agents, which in turn may cause apoptotic cell death. In addition, mitochondria has lately been considered as a central executioner of programmed cell death, through the release o...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Solá S,Diógenes MJ,Brites D,Rodrigues CM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for children with end stage renal disease with positive impact on survival and quality of life. However, some complications affect morbidity and mortality. This study examines the renal transplantation complications profile in pediatric patients (<18 y). MATE...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Gonçalves C,Sandes AR,Azevedo S,Stone R,Almeida M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Functional foods are those that promote health and well-being and/or decrease the risk of certain chronic diseases. It is known that young people' knowledge about functional foods is low. The aim of this study is to assess the psychometric proprieties of the "Attitudes towards Functional Foods Scale" in a ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Oliveira L,Poínhos R,Sousa F

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural effusions can be a manifestation of several nosological entities. Etiologic diagnosis involves a good clinical history, followed by thoracocentesis with pleural biopsy and eventually bronchoscopy or thoracoscopy. The differentiation between transudates and exudates, by the biochemical characteristics of the pl...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Alvares E,Barroso C,Sotto-Mayor R,de Almeida AB,Freitas e Costa M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to provide objective and real-life data concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemicon ophthalmology residency training in Portugal. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Descriptive survey-based study applied to current Portuguese ophthalmology residents (n = 80 eligible). RESULTS:Seventy...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Silva N,Laiginhas R,Meireles A,Barbosa Breda J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Disciplinary actions may have a significant impact in medical doctors' and patients' lives. The objective of this study was the assessment of the disciplinary actions in Obstetrics and Gynecology that occurred in the north of Portugal in years 2008 to 2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective descriptive s...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Silva F,Rodrigues E Rodrigues M,Bernardes J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Telemedicine is the provision of health services, where distance is a critical factor, using information and communication technologies. Cape Verde has bet on using this tool to increase access of the population of its islands to specialized care. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Qualitative study, covering the perio...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Correia A,Azevedo V,Lapão LV

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the haemodynamic measurements of cardiac output (CO), central venous pressure (CVP), pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (Pw) and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP), obtained by Swan-Ganz catheter and transthoracic echocardiography. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Prospective study in a Medical/Surgica...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Marcelino P,Germano N,Marum S,Fernandes AP,Ribeiro P,Lopes MG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (ICEP) is a rare disorder of unknown cause, associated with intense and abnormal eosinophilic lung infiltration. Most cases occur in patients with prior history of atopy and asthma. It is characterized by subacute or chronic presentation, alveolar and blood eosinophilia and pe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Bento J,Botelho C,Souto Moura C,Morais A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors, using the Cancer Registry data of S. Antonio General Hospital in Oporto, selected the cancer cases from 1981 to 1993. Distribution according to age, sex, topography and morphology is presented. Seven point nine percent of the 12,124 cases mentioned in the Registry were skin cancers (n = 883). They were mo...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Amado J,Oliveira M,Velho GC,Costa V,Torres FO,Massa A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate sleep deprivation and its effects on young physicians in relation to concentration capacity and psychomotor performance. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Eighteen physicians aged 26 - 33 years were divided into 2 groups: non-sleep deprived group (with no night work) and sleep deprived group (minimum 12 ho...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Sanches I,Teixeira F,dos Santos JM,Ferreira AJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 44 years old patient with inoperable gastric adenocarcinoma and exuberant lesions of Acanthosis Nigricans is described. He died nine months after the diagnosis, having experienced disappearance of the cutaneous manifestations after the cytostatic treatment done. The literature about Acanthosis Nigricans is...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Sarmento JA,Rosário C,Santos C,Allegro S,Massa A,Roquete P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have shown that social support is related with psychological disorders and both are high consumers of health service resources. A study was carried out by the author to identify psychological disorder relationships with social support and how they change in presence or absence of life events. An inquiry b...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Neto M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The surgical management of complete ureteral duplication anomalies is not consensual. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the pediatric population who underwent surgery for complete ureteral duplication and assess the outcomes of different approaches. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Clinical records from patients treated bet...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rodrigues I,Estevão-Costa J,Fragoso AC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of 32-week-old newborn, admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Newborns. Mechanical ventilation was needed from the first day of life. The patient was treated with indomethacin on the second day of life due to patent ductus arteriosus. On the seventh day pneumoperitoneum was diagnosed, emerg...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Simão C,Gonçalves M,Guerreiro O

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of postoperative surveillance programs after curative treatment for colorectal cancer is to detect asymptomatic recurrences with the premise that an important rate will be eligible for curative resection, improving overall survival. We have implemented a surveillance program for patients with c...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rodrigues RV,Pereira da Silva J,Rosa I,Santos I,Pereira N,Soares C,Pereira AD

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Peritoneal dialysis is the dialytic method of choice in chronic end-stage renal disease in children. This study main purpose was to characterize the long-term survival of a pediatric population who began peritoneal dialysis within the first two years of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A descriptive and retrosp...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Deuchande S,Mano T,Novais C,Machado R,Stone R,Almeida M

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Among others complications due central venous catheters (CVCs), the blood infection (BI) deserves particular attention. The purposes of this study were to analyze the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of adult patients using CVC; to know the yeast colonization index; and to link it to risk factors for BI. Y...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ramos RT,Leite GM,Martinez HV,Sibin KC,Germano A,Svidzinski T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyolysis is a common entity that often has a multifactorial etiology. It usually affects healthy individuals, following trauma, excessive physical activity, convulsive crisis, alcohol and other drugs consumption or infections. Accumulation of intracellular calcium, activation of proteases and lipases, production...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rosa NG,Silva G,Teixeira A,Rodrigues F,Araújo JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author refer that thyroid nodule occur quite often in general population. He also mention research methods, and how they could be changed when pregnant women in concern. Therefore this prognosis must be done through cytology and ultrasounds. When related to rate of occurrence, metastasis and mortality, there are n...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rosas S

更新日期：2003-09-01 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

authors： Saldanha C,Moreira C,Pinto Y,Nunes M,Martins e Silva J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the age of 8 in females and 9 in males, the presence of pubic hair can be the first sign of a gonadal or adrenal disease. In order to identify the late onset type of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in premature pubescence, we did the adrenal short stimulation test with Synacthen, on 30 children. Five girls and o...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Mota A,Fonseca G,Rebelo I,Crespo ME

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case report of a 69 year old woman with atrial myxoma, presented as a cerebellar syndrome caused by ischemic infarctions of the posterior circulation. The transthoracic 2D echocardiogram provided the diagnosis of a left atrial myxoma. Seven months after surgical removal of the cardiac tumor, the cerebell...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Marcão I,Teixeira H,Germano I,Bandeira Costa J,Gonçalves C,Magalhães M,Farrajota F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy represented, until a few decades ago, an important public health problem in mainland Portugal. According to the data of the General Directorate of Primary Health Care, the incidence and prevalence rates of the disease have been decreasing progressively and in a significant way during the last years. In view of...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Sequeira J,Martins C,Marques C,Machado A,Baptista AP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary malignancy of the penis is a rare clinical condition, often associated with disseminated genitourinary malignancies. The prognosis is poor and the treatment options include penectomy, local surgical excision, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and supportive therapy. Neither of these therapeutic options lead to...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Nunes B,Matias M,Alves A,Jorge M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural mesothelioma is a disease associated with exposure to asbestos. Although rare, it is the most common malignant pleural neoplasm. It is difficult to diagnose and it has a poor prognosis. We report the case of a 62-year-old male patient with a history of prolonged occupational exposure to asbestos, with dyspnea ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pais A,Pinto N,Cardoso J,Fernandes M,Coutinho AI,Oliveira AS,Carvalho L,Bárbara C

更新日期：2020-02-03 00:00:00