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Doença renal crônica: a voz dos familiares quanto ao atendimento recebido

Objetivo: Avaliar a percepção dos familiares quanto a atenção à saúde prestada no Sistema Único de Saúde para pacientes que foram a óbito e eram portadores de insuficiência renal crônica. Métodos: Foram realizadas entrevistas com familiares de pacientes falecidos por doença renal crônica...

Encefalite herpética associada a mieloma múltiplo: desafio diagnóstico

O mieloma múltiplo é a segunda neoplasia onco-hematológica mais comum, correspondendo a 1% das neoplasias malignas. Trata-se de uma condição subdiagnosticada, assim como a encefalite herpética. Entretanto, é comum a relação do mieloma com infecções, em decorrência do acometimento da imunidade...

Adenopatia cervical: uma apresentação rara de câncer da próstata

A metastização ganglionar cervical por neoplasia da próstata é rara, sendo ainda menos frequente como manifestação inicial da doença. O presente estudo é um relato de um caso clínico de uma pessoa do sexo masculino, com 72 anos, que apresentava massa cervical esquerda, indolor, com 2 meses de ev...

Renal replacement therapy by the popliteal vein in a critical patient with COVID-19 in the prone position

J. bras. nefrol; 43 (1), 2021
Abstract This patient was a 73-year-old man who initially came to our service with acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19. Soon after hospitalization, he was submitted to orotracheal intubation and placed in the prone position to improve hypoxia, due to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). ...

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J. bras. nefrol; 43 (1), 2021
Abstract Thromboembolic events are frequent in patients with COVID-19 infection, and no cases of bilateral renal infarctions have been reported. We present the case of a 41-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus and obesity who attended the emergency department for low back pain, respiratory fail...

Fatal outcome of congenital aortopulmonary window with patent ductus arteriosus complicating pregnancy

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Aortopulmonary window (APW) is a rare congenital heart defect with abnormal communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk with two separate semilunar valves. We present an autopsy case report wherein a young primigravida woman presented with progressive breathlessness and central cyan...

Report of Dirofilaria immitis infection with acute cardiopulmonary complications in a cat from Northeastern Brazil

Dirofilariasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, a nematode found mainly in the pulmonary artery and right chambers of the heart, lungs, and large vessels of dogs. This parasitism also occasionally occurs in cats, causing an amicrofilaremic and asymptomatic infection, resulting in seve...

Tratamento farmacológico da estrongiloidíase em pacientes transplantados

O objetivo deste artigo foi comparar o uso da ivermectina e do albendazol em pacientes transplantados e relatar os respectivos sucessos terapêuticos nessa população. Foram analisados artigos que abordassem relatos de casos publicados nos últimos 4 anos no PubMed® relacionando os descritores “trans...

A pancreatic mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasms (MiNEN) (NET and undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas with osteoclast-like giant cells) with metastatic neuroendocrine component to the liver

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas with osteoclast-like giant cells (UCOGCs) is an extremely rare morphologically and clinically distinct variant of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), exhibiting a characteristic component of reactive osteoclast-like giant cells admixed with neoplastic monon...

Uterine scar rupture at the site of the placenta accreta presenting as a case of sudden death

Autops. Case Rep; 11 (), 2021
Uterine rupture during pregnancy is a known complication of placenta accreta. This paper presents a case of sudden maternal death in the 27th week of gestation due to a ruptured uterine scar at the site of placenta accreta with a short inter-pregnancy period of 6 months with previous two C-sections. Auto...