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Pneumonia in an internal medicine service.
Alvares, E; Sachicumbi, A; Franco, A S; Saavedra, JA retrospective study was performed in 107 patients with pneumonia in a total of 2231 who were admitted in a Medicine ward, of an University Hospital in Lisbon during 1990. From the studied patients, 50 (46,7%) were females and 57 (53,3%) males. The mean age was 70,7 +/- 15,3 years, with a mean of 12.8 admission days. In the past history it was identified 43 (40%) patients with respiratory illness. In this, the...
Pleural effusion of non-neoplastic etiology in a patient with a rare form of my...
Alvares, E; Barroso, C; Sotto-Mayor, R; de Almeida, A B; Freitas e Costa, MPleural effusions can be a manifestation of several nosological entities. Etiologic diagnosis involves a good clinical history, followed by thoracocentesis with pleural biopsy and eventually bronchoscopy or thoracoscopy. The differentiation between transudates and exudates, by the biochemical characteristics of the pleural effusions, can orientate the underlying disorder. It is known that there are more than 35...
Pure autonomic failure.
Ducla-Soares, J L; Guerreiro, A S; Póvoa, P; Alvares, E; Guerreiro, L; Carrilho, F; Santos, M; Figueirinhas, J; Carvalho, MWe present the case of a 64-year-old woman who, in the past 5 years, complained of constipation/diarrhea, hyposudoresis, xerostomia and xerophthalmia, dysuria and orthostatic hypotension. Cardiovascular reflexes analysis revealed sympathetic and parasympathetic failure. Norepinephrine was markedly reduced, both lying and after tilt. Norepinephrine infusion determined a significant rise in blood pressure, allowi...