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Use of antimalarial drugs in chemoprophylaxis and treatment of patients in non ...
Germano, Nuno; Mendonça, Rogélia Paula; Murinello, AntónioMalaria is the most important parasitic disease of man. About 40% of world population lives in high-risk malaria endemic areas. Nowadays In Europe malaria have small expression, with a low number of clinical cases in migrant population of endemic areas and in travelers to high-risk malaria endemic areas.This article is a bibliographic review about drug interactions of the antimalarial agents used in prophylaxis...
Amiodarone pneumonitis A clinical case report
Germano, Nuno; Catarino, Maria do Carmo; Mendonça, Rogélia PaulaAmiodarone is an anti-arrhythmic drug that causes many side effects, even when used in low doses (200mg/day). The most important non-cardiologic side effect is hypersensitivity pneumonitis.We present a clinic case of a man, treated with amiodarone for one year, who was admitted with a hypersensitivity pneumonitis.The patient was treated with systemic corticosteroids and amiodarone was suspended, due to the seve...