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A Rare Case of Mediastinal Mass: Thymoma and Thymic Tumor
Moura De Azevedo, Sofia; Baptista, Patrícia; Pichel, Rita C; Dias, Rita R; Bertão, ManuelaThymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare mediastinal neoplasms arising from thymic epithelial cells, and the presence of synchronous or metachronous primary thymic neoplasms in a single patient is an extremely rare event. Thymoma patients appear to have an inherent predisposition toward developing additional neoplasms. This additionally presents a diagnostic challenge, revealing the importance of multidisciplina...
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy in A Palliative Care Context at Home, a ...
Fonseca, Marta; Vieira Silva, Sara; Santos, Margarida; Bertão, Manuela; Gonçalves, Isabel; Barbedo, Isabel; Alves, Júlia; Freire, ElgaDyspnoea is one of the more common symptoms in advance stages of several diseases and its control is crucial for patient comfort. Supplementary oxygen therapy plays an important role on that. In the last years, the use of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy (HFNC) in palliative care has been developed. We present three cases of patients accompanied by the Palliative Care Team who used HFNC for dyspnoea contr...
Palliative Care at Home: Alternative Routes for Pharmaceutical Administration
Martins de Brito, Sérgio; Bertão, Manuela; Freire, ElgaPalliative care is intended to improve the patients and patient’s families life quality in cases of serious and/or advanced, incurable or progressive diseases. Symptomatic management (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) is one of its areas of action, since its lack of control negatively influences the quality of life of the patient and his family. The oral route is the preferred therapeutic route in pallia...
Reflections in Pandemic Times: Our Elders Need “Even More” Help to Face Cancer
Coutinho, Filipe; Marinho, Joana; Veríssimo, Rafaela; Zão, Ana; Bertão, Manuela; Fonseca, Vasco; Marques Moreira, Sónia; Custódio, SandraIn the current pandemic times for SARS-CoV-2, several challenges are posed to the scientific community. With regard to the implementation of treatments for the elderly with cancer, despite the high complexity in its approach, a variable (SARS-CoV-2) now appears that represents a high impact on multidisciplinary decision-making processes when deciding which therapeutic strategies to use. In accordance with vario...