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Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis with severe renal impairment associated with multisystem IgG4-related disease

J. bras. nefrol; 38 (3), 2016
Abstract The IgG4-related disease has a wide clinical spectrum where multiple organs can be affected, and the diagnosis depends on typical histopathological findings and an elevated IgG4 expression in plasma cells in the affected tissue. We describe the clinical presentation and evolution of a patient wi...

Primary hypogammaglobulinemia: The impact of early diagnosis in lung complications

Summary Objective: To describe clinical features, tomographic findings and pulmonary function in pediatric patients with primary hypogammaglobulinemia (PH). Method: A retrospective cohort study of children with PH who received intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and prophylactic antibiotics between 2005 ...

Infección grave por Staphylococcus aureus meticilino sensible productor de leucocidina de Panton-Valentine: reportes de dos casos

Arch. argent. pediatr; 114 (4), 2016
Staphylococcus aureus es uno de los principales agentes etiológicos de infecciones en niños provenientes de la comunidad y del ámbito hospitalario. La gravedad de estos cuadros se asocia a factores de virulencia, entre los que se encuentra la leucocidina de Panton-Valentine. Tanto Staphylococcus aureu...

Complicaciones pulmonares de la neumonía química: A propósito de un caso

Arch. argent. pediatr; 114 (4), 2016
La aspiración de hidrocarburos puede causar un daño significativo a los pulmones al inducir una respuesta inflamatoria, alveolitis exudativa hemorrágica y pérdida de la función del tensioactivo pulmonar. El efecto secundario más grave de la aspiración de hidrocarburos es la neumonía por aspiraci...

Severe coagulopathy and transient hypertension following a Rhabdophis subminiatus bite: a case report

Abstract: Because the majority of colubrid species are considered harmless to human beings, colubrid snakebites are rarely reported. However, the venom of Rhabdophis, which is part of the Colubridae family, is procoagulant and leads to severe coagulopathy. Here, we present a case of disseminated intravas...

Low vitamin D serum levels in diffuse systemic sclerosis: a correlation with worst quality of life and severe capillaroscopic findings

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the correlation of vitamin D levels with clinical parameters, bone mineral density (BMD), quality of life (QoL) and nailfold capillaroscopy (NC) in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods: Thirty-eight female patients with diffuse...

Use of a severity indicator as a predictor of the use of hepatic transplantation resources

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (4), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of a severity indicator for end-stage liver disease as a predictor of resource use in a teaching hospital in São Paulo. METHOD Descriptive, retrospective study, classifying independent variables in seven key dimensions: identification/risk rating; length of stay/...

Differentiation of mild keratoconus from corneal warpage according to topographic inferior steepening based on corneal tomography data

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT We report two cases of suspicious asymmetric bow tie and inferior steepening on topographic evaluations with reflection (Placido) and projection (Scheimpflug). Rotating Scheimpflug corneal and anterior segment tomography (Oculus Pentacam HR, Wetzlar, Germany)® was performed in the first case, w...

Relação entre os sintomas vocais, intensidade do desvio vocal e diagnóstico laríngeo em pacientes com distúrbios da voz

CoDAS; 28 (4), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo investigar se existe associação entre a frequência de ocorrência dos sintomas vocais, a intensidade do desvio vocal e o diagnóstico laríngeo em pacientes com diferentes distúrbios da voz. Métodos Participaram do estudo 330 pacientes com queixa vocal, distribuídos em cinco grupo...

Effect of gabapentin pretreatment on myoclonus after etomidate: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 66 (4), 2016
Abstract Aim: To evaluate the effects of three different doses of gabapentin pretreatment on the incidence and severity of myoclonic movements linked to etomidate injection. Method: One hundered patients, between 18 and 60 years of age and risk category American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II, with ...