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Monitoring mulch-based solutions to reduce runoff and erosion in a variety of l...
Canedo, João; Coelho, Luisa; Basch, Gottlieb; Cabrita, Maria João; Cachapa, Filipa; Caldeira, Filipa; Gonzalez-Pelayo, Óscar; Marques, J. TiagoSoil erosion is a critical socio-environmental problem for rural Mediterranean ecosystems and landscapes. Erosion inflicts multiple, serious damages in agro-ecosystems, including vineyards and olive groves, and also in other semi-natural ecosystems such as the Montado (cattle-sheep pastureland combined with Quercus sp. trees). In particular, erosion reduces the water storage capacity, soil organic matter, nutri...
Volvo da Vesícula Biliar: A propósito de um caso clínico
Patrocínio, Sara; Santos, Lígia; Bandeira, Maria Expedito; Caldeira, Filipa; Mendonça, NunoIntrodução: O volvo da vesícula é uma entidade rara, que consiste na torção mecânica da mesma ao longo do seu eixo longitudinal. O quadro clínico mimetiza habitualmente o da colecistite aguda pelo que o diagnóstico definitivo é muitas vezes intra-operatório. Caso Clínico: É apresentado o caso de uma doente de 89 anos, com dor no quadrante superior direito do abdómen e parâmetros analíticos de inflamação. A ecog...
Cow's milk protein allergy: a challenging diagnosis.
Caldeira, Filipa; da Cunha, José; Ferreira, Maria GomesCow's Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA) is the most common food allergy in infants. It can manifest itself through a wide variety of symptoms depending on the type of immune response is IgE or non-IgE mediated. In most cases acquisition of tolerance to cow's milk protein (CMP) occurs until the second year of life.To evaluate the cases of CMPA followed in our Outpatient Clinic of Pediatric Gastroenterology and compare...
Multicystic dysplastic kidney. In defense of A conservative experience.
Caldeira, Filipa; Juvandes, Carla; Pinto, Margarida; Braga, Manuela; Calhau, PauloMulticystic dysplastic kidney (MDK) is one of the most common congenital anomalies of the urinary tract and the main cystic renal disease in children. Our institution follow-up protocol of MDK uses, as has been performed more widely in the last two decades, a conservative attitude.To characterize MDK cases followed in our Outpatient Clinic of Pediatric Nephrology, evaluate their progress and reflect on the prot...
Osteossarcoma Extraesquelético Retroperitoneal, Um Caso Raro
Morgado, M. Carolina; Caldeira, Filipa; Baptista, José; Gôja, Marta; Andrade, David75 year old man, complaining of weight loss (>10% of initial weight) in the previous months, presence of an abdominal mass in the left flanc associated with pain and non selective anorexia as well as the sensation of post prandial fullness in the past three months. He had a past history of a gastric and an intestinal adenocarcinoma. He was subjected to surgery with the resection of a large mass composed of m...