[Hidradenocarcinoma of the Scrotum with Lymph Node Metastasis].

abstract：:Appropriate nutritional support is crucial in the therapeutic approach of multiple conditions, which justifies the frequent and increasing use of specific access routes for enteral and parenteral nutrition. This article reviews the relevant literature concerning indications, procedures, effectiveness and complications...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Estevão-Costa J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a brief introduction about the clinical, histological and therapeutic characteristics of myxopapillar spinal ependymoma of cone medullar and filum terminale, three cases with medullar and intracranial seeding of myxopapillar spinal ependymoma are retrospectively reviewed. Surgical resection was total in the chil...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Libório R,Pais RF,Soares GB,Rocha A,Ferreira F,Garcia T,Pais FF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review and discuss the medical treatment in the prehospital phase of acute myocardial infarction while working at the Referral Centre for Emergency Patients of the National Institute for Medical Emergencies (CODU-INEM). The diagnosis of myocardial infarction should be suspected immediately by the doctor on...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Mesquita A,Santos I,Rato F,Martins C

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Multiacinar regenerative nodules are benign hepatocellular nodules related to vascular disturbances of the liver. They strongly resemble conventional focal nodular hyperplasia but are connected to different clinical settings, typically chronic liver disease. The purpose of the present study was to describe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Donato H,Andrade L,Bastati N,Cipriano A,Ba-Ssalamah A,Caseiro-Alves F

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of carotid and vertebral angiography for surgical planning, particularly for the infratemporal approach, in 24 jugulotympanic paragangliomas with otoneurological symptoms is discussed. These symptoms included peripheral facial palsy, sensorineural hypoacusis, labyrinthine and nervous syndrome of the j...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Maurício JC,Goulão A,Cannas J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of accidental hanging during autoerotic practices in a 25-year-old male student is described and the autoerotic asphyxia syndrome briefly discussed. The authors stressed the importance of a correct diagnostic of accidental death in these cases. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vieira DN,da Silva AG

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hidrosadenitis supurativa is a chronic inflammatory disease with great physical and psychological impact. Although conservative treatments may be effective in mild forms of the disease, extensive surgical resection and reconstruction are necessary in more severe forms of the disease. The purpose of this paper is to de...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ribeiro LM,Guerra AS

更新日期：2018-01-31 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：:This article briefly reviews the impact of regularly promoted alternative therapies within portuguese society. The origins, attractions and acceptance of alternative therapies, homeopathic included, are discussed. Recent homeopathic studies published in renowned scientific journals provoked comments and reports claimi...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Martins e Silva J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In Portugal child abuse is a reality, although its true incidence is still unknown. POPULATION AND METHODS:Retrospective study by consulting child abuse processes of children hospitalized in Paediatric Nursery and Neonatal Special Care Unit of Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, E.P.E between January 1, 2006 an...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Nunes P,Raminhos I

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of a prospective study of the technical and human characteristics of the transport of children transferred from other Hospitals to our PICU. During eight months of 1994, 153 children were transferred and 138 included in our study. Their ages varied between one month and fourteen years and the ma...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： De Almeida HN,Rodrigues G,Correia M,Carvalho A,Sequeira JS

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Chorioangioma is the most frequent nontrophoblastic tumour of the placenta, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.01% to 1.3%. The authors describe three cases of placental chorioangiomas, two of these diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound, and the clinical implications for both mother and fetus. Premature delivery an...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Azevedo M,Barbosa A,Valente F

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the process followed to create and validate the Portuguese versión of a quality of life measurement instrument for patients in palliative care. After a literature review about the measurement of the quality of life in this particular and very specific kind of patients, we opt by the Irene Higginso...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Lopes Ferreira P,Pinto Barros A

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:The prevalence of the hepatitis A virus in a population determines the degree of morbidity associated with this illness, that is, the higher the morbidity, the lower the prevalence. This study aims to obtain the prevalence of total antibody to the hepatitis A virus in children, 5 and 8 years of age, and in adolescents...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Antunes H,Macedo M,Estrada A

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：: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：:A correlation between urinary tract infection, vesicoureteral reflux and voiding disorders has increasingly been reported. Voiding dysfunction increases the incidence of recurrent urinary tract infection, induces and perpetuates vesicoureteral reflux, even after surgical antireflux treatment, and may result in permane...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Castro I,Soares E,Casimiro A,Nogueira G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Nonmedical use of prescription drugs and other substances for cognitive enhancement in the academic environment has been documented in several studies. However, the prevalence among Portuguese university students is unknown. We aimed to assess the prevalence and academic contexts of the use of cognitive en...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Miranda M,Barbosa M

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Portuguese version of the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire showed adequate psychometric properties in a community sample but the American cut-off seemed inadequate. This study aimed to validate this questionnaire in clinical populations of children with sleep disorders and with attention deficit/ ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Parreira AF,Martins A,Ribeiro F,Silva FG

更新日期：2019-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the context of a pronounced population ageing and rising mortality due to chronic illnesses, this national epidemiological study compares the places where people die with population preferences. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data on numbers of deaths in 2010 by gender, age group, region of residence NUTS II and...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Gomes B,Sarmento VP,Ferreira PL,Higginson IJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 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:Diabetes is a major public health problem and it is related to socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study is to describe socioeconomic inequalities in the distribution of diabetes in the population with 25 years or more, resident in Portugal in 2014. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data from the Health National Su...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Santos J,Kislaya I,Antunes L,Santos AJ,Rodrigues APP,Neto M,Dias CM

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Toscana virus (Phlebovirus genus, Bunyaviridae family) is a neurotropic virus which circulates in the Mediterranean Basin. Although Portugal has been the second country where its presence was reported, the existence of this virus in our country has been referred only sporadically, and there is a lack of knowledge rega...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Amaro F,Luz T,Parreira P,Ciufolini MG,Marchi A,Janeiro N,Zagalo A,Proença P,Ramos MI,Alves MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal arteritis is a systemic vasculitis mainly affecting large and medium sized vessels, temporal artery in particular. The authors report the case of a male who presented with large painful scalp ulcers over the temporo-parietal area, ipsilateral headache, amaurosis fugax and jaw claudication. Temporal arteries w...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Cunha D,Freitas I,Neta J,Lamarão P,Cardoso J

更新日期：2010-03-01 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

authors： Camolas J,Santos O,Moreira P,do Carmo I

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Differentiated thyroid carcinoma of follicular origin (DTCFO), although not very frequent, has registered a raising incidence in the last decades. In the majority of the cases, DTCFO is a curable disease when treated and monitored by experienced, multidisciplinary teams. These factors contribute to an increasing numbe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rodrigues F,Limbert E,Marques AP,Santos AP,Lopes C,Rodrigues E,Borges F,Carrilho F,Castro JJ,Neto J,Salgado L,Oliveira MJ,Grupo de Estudo da Tiróide.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00