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Epidemiological Changes in Respiratory Viral Infections in Children: The Influe...

Background: Viruses are the major cause of acute respiratory infections in children, causing important morbimortality. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, in temperate regions, respiratory viruses displayed a typical seasonality in transmission. A disruption in this pattern was observed in several countries during the pandemic, with low prevalence during the typical season, and an interseasonal rise. We evaluated the...

Pulmonary artery sling: a rare cause of stridor and respiratory distress

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry: Development, Features, and Data Sharing ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry: Development, Features, and Data Sharing ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry: Development, Features, and Data Sharing ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...

Successful Handling of Autoimmunity in X-linked Thrombocytopenia (XLT) using My...

Acquired-Transient Factor X Deficiency in a Teenager with Extensive Burns

Acquired factor X deficiency is an extremely rare situation. It has shown to be associated with systemic amyloidosis, respiratory mycoplasma infection, factor X inhibitors, antiphospholipid antibodies, vitamin K defi ciency/liver disease as well as the use of certain medications (meropenem, valproic acid). The pathogenesis and transient nature of this deficit remain poorly understood. The authors describe the c...

Aplasias Medulares Congénitas

Las aplasias medulares congénitas constituyen un grupo heterogéneo de enfermedades que se caracterizan por insuficiencia medular, asociadas frecuentemente a una o más anomalías somáticas y con riesgo elevado de neoplasias.Son enfermedades raras, generalmente diagnosticadas en la edad pediátrica, y con una mortalidad prematura importante. Los autores presentan 11 casos de aplasia medular congénita,8 deanemia de ...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.

Kikuchi and Fujimoto's disease, also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenopathy, is a rare and benign disorder of the lymph nodes of young adults. The etiology of this disease is unknown, an autoimmune mechanism has been suggested, although some cases of association with several viruses has been described. We report a pediatric case of Kikuchi and Fujimoto's disease in a 14 years old girl with persistent ...

Doença de Kikuchi e Fujimoto

A doença de Kikuchi e Fujimoto, também conhecida como Linfadenite Histiocítica Necrosante, é uma entidade clínico-patológica rara cuja etiologia permanece desconhecida; tem sido sugerida a possibilidade de uma etiologia auto-imune, mas também tem sido descrita a associação com algumas infecções víricas. Os autores apresentam o caso clínico de uma adolescente de 14 anos internada por febre persistente, volumosa ...