Abstract:
:Atrial septum aneurysms are an uncommon condition, underestimated before the routine use of echocardiography. Their clinical importance has increased after being associated with thromboembolic events. The authors made a review of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of this entity after reporting six clinical cases.
journal_name
Acta Med Portjournal_title
Acta medica portuguesaauthors
Teixeira H,Noronha D,Marcão Isubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-04-01 00:00:00pages
381-4issue
4eissn
0870-399Xissn
1646-0758journal_volume
11pub_type
杂志文章abstract:INTRODUCTION:An early investigation and management op cryptorchidism are essential for the diagnosis of associated pathologies, because intra-abdominal testis are associated with infertility and neoplasic risk. The authors describe a case of late presentation of cryptorchidism associated with genetic disorder. CASE RE...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory, multisystemic disease of unknown aetiology. Central nervous system involvement occurs in a variable proportion of cases (4 to 49%) and is due to intracranial hypertension secondary to dural sinus thrombosis, inflammatory parenquimal lesions or recurrent meningoencephalitis. ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.10259
更新日期:2018-09-28 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: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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION AND AIM:In Portugal, there is very few experience in pediatric retroperitoneoscopy. The authors present the first Portuguese series of retroperitoneal laparoscopic nephrectomies (RLN) in children younger than nine years-old, as well as a literature review about the theme. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospectiv...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.6517
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::During pregnancy immunological, metabolic, hormonal and vascular changes occur, and can cause specific skin diseases. The specific dermatoses of pregnancy have undergone numerous changes in nomenclature and classification, partly due to advances in the knowledge of the pathogenesis of these skin diseases. Currently th...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Acute appendicitis (AA) is the leading cause of emergency abdominal surgery in children. The diagnosis is essentially clinical, but some methodologies, such as Alvarado score (AS), have been developed in order to avoid non-therapeutic laparotomy (15-30%). AS ≥ 5 or 6 is compatible with AA and is an indicat...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Histology records from 63 nephrectomies were reviewed; 22 patients had unilateral totally dysplastic kidneys and 5 had polar or segmental dysplasia. A clinicopathological study of these cases was undertaken. In the first group, there was a slight male preponderance and 75% of the patients presented were under two year...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The growing concern surrounding health safety issues makes it essential that everyone, in particular the elderly due to their commonly prescribed multiple drugs, has a complete and up to date list of prescriptions. We planned to assess the quality of the electronic records of prolonged medication. MATERIA...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2014-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the present article, regarding a clinical case of Thrombasthenia of Glanzmann with severe anaemia by menometrorrhagia, the authors propose the vaginal hysterectomy and the administration of the recombinant factor VIIa on the immediate pre and postoperative as effective therapeutical alternatives. ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Over the years a number of high quality studies has established the effectiveness of external measures (tape, brace) and neuromuscular training for the prevention of ankle sprains. The general conclusion derived from these studies is that recurrent ankle sprains can be effectively prevented using any of these measures...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Since dysphagia may be one of the brain post-stroke consequences, the objective of this study was to analyze the average recovery time of patients with cerebrovascular accident and dysphagia subjected to speech therapy in a hospital bed. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Systematic review performed following the 'Pref...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.20344/amp.9183
更新日期:2017-12-29 00:00:00
abstract::As far as we know, there is no experience of quality management in mental health care in Portugal. This study fills a gap in the area of consultation-liaison psychiatry. Due to its multidisciplinarity and to the complexity of the problems it deals with, consultation-liaison psychiatry seems a privileged field for the ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endoscopic interventional techniques have created a wide new perspective for non-surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Surgery and endoscopy differ in their techniques, but are comparable with regard to tactics. The aim of methods in CP is to relieve pain and/or local complications. The preliminary results ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pharmacological aspects of presently used insulins are reviewed. A discussion of different forms of insulin therapy in insulin dependent and non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus is presented. ...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The authors describe the case of a 49 year-old caucasian male with left pleural effusion. The etiology of the effusion was exsudative with a preponderance of neutrophils. Ten days after admission and on empirical antibiotic therapy, the patient still had fever and the pleural effusion that became purulent. The thoraci...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.7889
更新日期:2017-09-29 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: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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.20344/amp.10500
更新日期:2019-05-31 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:There is no international consensus regarding gestational diabetes mellitus diagnostic criteria. In Portugal, the Carpenter and Coustan criteria were replaced by an adaptation of the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria. Our aim was to compare the incidence and outcomes...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.20344/amp.10135
更新日期:2018-08-31 00:00:00
abstract::An opinion article of health care programmes questioning the effects and benefits of their management. The AA, based on their experience in management/administration, present suggestions to identify, quantify and analyse a problem in health care. After characterising a health care problem, the AA point out the fundame...
journal_title:Acta medica portuguesa
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00