Liver transplant (LT) anemia is multifactorial. Immune hemolysis occurs due to auto-antibodies, drug induced or not, or due to allo-antibodies, formed by transfusion or passenger lymphocyte syndrome (PLS). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for immune hemolysis in LT. Between September 2014 and April 2016, 175 patients submitted to 178 LT were included. Multi-organ recipients ...
Objective: The objective of this study was to verify the evolution of pregnancies in sickle cell patients followed at one institution over a period of 12 years (January 2000 to June 2012). Methods: The study evaluated 34 pregnant women with sickle cell disease with a mean age of 23.9 ± 5.3 years. The incidence of obstetric complications, non-obstetric complications linked to sickle cell disease and complication...
A Enterocolite necrosante é uma síndrome clínicopatológica caracterizada por sinais e sintomas gastrintestinais e sistêmicos. De etiologia incerta, atinge um em cada 1.000 nascidos vivos. Alguns eventos levam à suspeita da síndrome, a qual pode estar associada à transfusão de hemácias. Objetivou-se relatar o caso de um recém-nascido prematuro que apresentou sinais de enterocolite necrosante após uma transfusão ...
Hyperamylasemia has been reported in more than 65% of patients with severe leptospirosis, and the true diagnosis of acute pancreatitis is complicated by the fact that renal failure can increase serum amylase levels. Based on these data we retrospectively analyzed the clinical and histopathological features of pancreas involvement in 13 cases of fatal human leptospirosis. The most common signs and symptoms prese...