Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ovariectomy on glycerol-induced renal changes in rats. Methods: Twenty-four female Wistar rats were
submitted to ovariectomized (OVX) or sham surgery. One week after surgery, the animals received an intramuscular injection (8ml/kg) of 50% glycerol
or...
El síndrome neuroléptico maligno es una condición clínica rara y potencialmente letal que frecuentemente se asocia con el uso de antipsicóticos. En la literatura especializada se encontró únicamente un reporte de caso relacionado con la ingestión de organofosforados. Se presenta un paciente con u...
Alves, Teresa Souza;
Gonzaga, Mariana da Costa;
Moreira, Igor Louzada;
Machado, Mizael;
Sousa, Davi Emanuel Ribeiro de;
Pinto, Érica Garcia de Araújo;
Castro, Márcio Botelho de;
Borges, José Renato Junqueira;
Soto-Blanco, Benito;
Câmara, Antônio Carlos Lopes.
The downer cow syndrome (DCS) is characterized by an alert cow showing inability or reluctance to stand for 12 hours or more. This paper reported clinical, laboratory, and pathological findings in a Guzerá heifer with rhabdomyolysis, pigmenturia and acute renal failure following DCS. A 17-month-old Guze...
A rabdomiólise como complicação da dengue é subnotificada e pouco descrita na literatura. O presente caso traz um alerta para recordar tal possibilidade, principalmente devido à alta incidência da dengue no Brasil e da importância do manejo inicial, que pode evitar um desfecho desfavorável. Este ...
Resumen El SARS-CoV-2, la causa de la enfermedad por el nuevo coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19), ha demostrado producir una variedad de manifestaciones extra pulmonares. La rabdomiólisis debida a la infección por SARS-CoV-ha sido reportada principalmente en el curso temprano de la enfermedad. En el pre se...
RESUMEN Introducción: Un riesgo potencialmente mortal es el hábito de consumo de bebidas energizantes, porque puede producir un síndrome caracterizado por la necrosis muscular que promueve la liberación de enzimas y mioglobina proveniente del interior del miocito hacia la circulación, creando una ...
COVID-19 infection causes a systemic inflammatory response, which mainly presents as a febrile syndrome with respiratory involvement. We report a 37-year-old male who consulted for myalgia, nausea and epigastric pain lasting three days. On admission, he had crepitations at the lung bases. The initial lab...
SARS-CoV-2 infection has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations secondary to the impairment of different organs, including kidney. Rhabdomyolysis is produced by disintegration of striated muscle and the liberation of its contents to the extracellular fluid and bloodstream. This may produce hydro elec...
Abstract Bee venom is a natural toxin composed of several peptides. Massive envenoming causes severe local and systemic reactions. We report two cases of severe bee envenomation, of which one was fatal. We also describe clinical characteristics and immune markers. Both victims suffered from respiratory d...