[Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Is There an Advantage in Using the Current Diagnostic Criteria?]

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：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

authors： Jacinto M,Silva E,Riso N,Moraes-Fontes MF

更新日期：2017-05-31 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：INTRODUCTION:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a rare neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. Patients present with progressive physical impairment, respiratory failure being the main cause of death. A significant portion of patients presents neurobehavioral problems as well. As severe impairment occurs, pati...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pinho AC,Gonçalves E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diaphragmatic Pacing was used to treat ventilatory failure in a young boy with bilateral diaphragmatic palsy secondary to cervical cord injury, on chronic mechanical ventilation for 6 months. The indications for diaphragmatic pacing in ventilatory failure were discussed, as well as the assessment of phrenic nerve inte...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ponce P,Cruz J,Travassos J,Moreira P,Lima JA,Pedro AG,Ferreira AC,Antunes JL

更新日期：1995-11-01 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:All health professionals should be aware of the importance of evaluating pain - fifth vital sign- in cancer patients. Peripheral and central acting analgesics are widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, particularly cancer pain. Many guidelines have addressed this issue. However, real life patients' ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vieira C,Brás M,Fragoso M

更新日期：2019-05-31 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

abstract：:In this article we reviewed some examples of our experience in clinical applications of functional MRI (fMRI) in the motor and verbal fluency tasks evaluation. Seventeen patients with supratentorial cerebral pathology (5 arteriovenous malformations--AVMs, 2 meningiomas, 1 tuberculoma, 1 cortical tuberoma, 1 DNET, 2 ce...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Reis AM,Pereira S,Mascarenhas L,Vaz AR,Pereira JR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 20 years, assisted reproductive technology has been increasingly used. Ever since the first newborn resulting from artificial insemination, over two centuries ago, thousands more children were born resulting from these techniques. In Portugal, assisted reproductive technology began in 1985 at the Hospita...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Teixeira A,Calejo L,Vasconcellos G,Rocha G,Centeno MJ,Guimarães H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the literature, there are few reports of posterior cerebral artery aneurysms resulting from isolated dissections. In these cases the treatment is still a matter of discussion and includes anticoagulation, surgical intervention, endovascular techniques and conservative management. We present five cases of Posterior ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Xavier J,Vasconcelos C,Cruz R,Stocker A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate importance of homocysteinemia as risk factor of thrombotic cerebrovascular disease, in terms of age and homocysteinemia levels. METHODS:A group of patients under 55 years old (n = 35, 21 males) that had suffered a stroke 3 months to 1 year before the study, defined by clinical criteria and the pres...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Reis RP,Azinheira J,Reis HP,Pereira M,Baptista A,Crepo M,Pina JE,Ferreira NC,Luis AS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiomas are usually diagnosed based on ultrasound findings. The presence of symptoms, rapid growth or atipical imagiological findings should make us consider other diagnoses, including malignant tumors such as angiosarcomas. We describe the case of a previously healthy 46-year-old female without a history of expos...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Garcia AR,Ribeiro J,Gervásio H,Castro E Sousa F

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In Portugal, there have been many studies on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. However, because many of the studies are not submitted to publication in scientific journals, these results remain unknown. OBJECTIVE:To obtain recent data on the prevalence of overweight and o...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Antunes A,Moreira P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Teixeira V,Coutinho I,Gonçalo M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common disorder that causes a marked decrease in the quality of life of patients and implies high costs at the social, familiar and economic levels. The diagnosis is essentially achieved on clinical grounds and there is an extensive list of possible differential diagnoses, thus being fund...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Massano J

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: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：:The authors present a retrospective study of medical records of patients with lung cancer, admitted at the Service 1 of Internal Medicine of Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital during a 12 year period (1978-1989). Of the 112 selected patients, 50% had histologic diagnosis, the remaining had strong clinical radiographi...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Colaço MI,Estrada H,Moreno R,Veloso B

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is a common pathology during the neonatal period. Low-birth weight is the most important isolated risk factor. With the purpose of determining the prevalence of nosocomial infection in newborns of very low birth weight (VLBW), finding the microbial flora and the mortality of these patients, the authors retrospe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Costa A,Guimarães H,Souto A,Martins A,d'Orey C,Mateus M,Silva G,Santos NT

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hidradenocarcinoma is a rare neoplasm of the eccrine cells of the sweat glands, usually asymptomatic with slow growing and higher incidence between 50 and 80 years, occurring in both sexes and preferentially located in the palmar, plantar, frontal, axillary and nuchal regions. It has an aggressive behavior, with high ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Simões MI,Marcão I,Toscano M,Borges L

更新日期：2018-03-29 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：: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：:A case of angiosarcoma, Raynaud's disease and arteriovenous malformation of the intestinal tract is presented. We propose the association of these three vascular diseases, which has not yet been described. The study of more cases is important in order to understand the physiopathological mechanisms involved. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vaz F,de Castro JT,Tomé V,Marques JM,de Carvalho V

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry involves a multidisciplinary assessment at the courts' requested to assist them in the process of justice delivery. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective study which included 233 forensic requests to two child and adolescent psychiatrists from Coimbra's HP-CHUC Child ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ferreira Leite V,Araújo C,Cartaxo T,Veiga L,Loureiro MJ

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The Portuguese population is affected by the highest mortality rates in all the countries of the European Union. The highest mortality rates occur in some districts on the north coast where, in 1995, the rates standardised by age were above 200/100,000/annum, with the lowest figures in some districts in the interior a...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Falcão JM,Valente P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the weight of Rheumatic Diseases, the Authors retrospectively studied 117 patients admitted to the Internal Medicine Service of the Faro District Hospital over a 3 year period (1989-1991). The selection criterion comprised the final rheumatological diagnosis. The diseases were arranged in nosologica...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： de Sousa AM,Pereira MA,Pina EA,Pastor JM,Jesus LA

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：:We reviewed all the cases of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in people under 40 years of age, diagnosed histologically at the Dermatopathology Laboratory of the Santa Maria Hospital, from January 1985 to December 1993. The 19 cases detected were analysed for age, sex, occupation, anatomical site of the tumor, evolution, smoke...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Marta AS,Correia M,Garcia E Silva L

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00