INTRODUCTION: Lidocaine is a local anesthetic agent, with intravenous route indications for use in contexts different from symptom control in oncologic patients. Evidence regarding its usefulness in neuropathic pain and refractory pruritus exists. This review aims to describe available evidence supportin...
Refractory pruritus can be a symptom difficult to manage. We describe a case of a 37-year-old female patient with an oncological diagnosis of high-grade mesenchymal osteosarcoma in the left sacrum, hospitalized for urinary tract infection and polymicrobial bacteremia. During hospitalization, she presente...
A busca pelo corpo perfeito pode gerar graves consequências
para a população que faz uso indiscriminado de substâncias
visando a resultados rápidos. O caso relatado se refere a um pa-
ciente de 21 anos, do sexo masculino, na cidade de São Paulo (SP),
que apresentou quadro de síndrome colestátic...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the menthol package (lip hydration and ice popsicles) compared to a package of non-menthol measures (lip hydration and ice popsicles) as a way to relieve thirst in patients in the Anesthetic Recovery Room. Method: Randomized and parallel trial study,...
Resumen La infección por Strongyloides stercoralis es una parasitosis frecuente en las regiones tropicales y subtropicales, incluyendo la Amazonía peruana. En pacientes con inmunocompromiso, las manifestaciones clínicas son variadas y es frecuente la diseminación sistémica de la enfermedad, con comp...
Pruritus represents one of the main clinical complaints in medical practice, and leads to significant impairment of life quality and some discomfort. Although the knowledge of its main primary
and secondary etiologies is well-established in Internal Medicine, especially in Hepatology, its pathophysiologi...
Abstract Among the wide range of symptoms neglected or resistant to conventional treatments in clinical practice, itch is emerging gradually as a theme to be studied. Itch complaints and the negative effects in the quality of life are observed in several medical fields. Although the partially obscure pat...
