Dermatomyositis is a rare disease with important implications regarding the anesthetic management of the patient. The possibility of the development of hyperkalemic crises, malignant hyperthermia or myotonic crises forces us to know which drugs are safe and which ones should be avoided. The involvement o...
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Objective: adapt and validate the Barnes-Jewish Hospital-Stroke Dysphagia Screen (BJH-SDS) instrument to European Portuguese speakers. Method:BJH-SDS underwent a rigorous process of cross-cultural adaptation and was validated with acute stroke patients in five stroke units from ...
La neumonÃa lipoidea es una enfermedad respiratoria poco conocida que resulta de la acumulación de lÃpidos de origen endógeno o exógeno a nivel del alveolo pulmonar. Suele ser subdiagnosticada ya que la presentación clÃnica es inespecÃfica, por lo que suele confundirse con otras patologÃas bronc...
OBJETIVOS: Presentar brevemente las principales patologÃas pulmonares y sus interferencias en la alimentación de niños. MÉTODOS: Se trata de una Actualización, basada en referencias bibliográficas actuales y referencias en pediatrÃa. RESULTADOS: Se presentaron las posibles alteraciones de degluciÃ...
Introdução: Penetração e/ou aspiração laringotraqueal (PA) são achados clÃnicos que constituem
importante parâmetro na mensuração do risco para a segurança da deglutição devido à s possÃveis
complicações pulmonares. Objetivo: Identificar a prevalência de penetração e/ou aspiração na...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate clinical stability of neurologically impaired children and adolescents with recurrent pneumonia submitted to laryngotracheal separation. Methods: Between October 2002 and June 2015, 92 neurologically impaired children from a reference service, with median age of 68.5 mon...