Objectives: Our objective was to examine the results of ECMO post cardiotomy in Centro Hospitalar Universitário S. João (CHUSJ). Methods: Between 2011 and 2019, 13 patients were cannulated for refractory cardiogenic shock post-cardiotomy; 8 (61,5%) male and 5 (38,5%) female. Patients under 18 years old were excluded. Data was collected from hospital archives concerning preoperative comorbidities, open-heart sur...
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Lung herniation is an uncommon entity which was fully classified in 1845 after the study of several case reports. Acquired lung hernia, especially traumatic, is the most common etiology. In the absence of clear guidelines, management of lung hernia is made in a case-by-case basis. We present an asymptomatic middle lobe hernia perceptible on physical examination, but diagnosed initially by imaging studies. Patie...
Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is a rare congenital malformation, even more when its arterial supply is a coronary artery. We present a case of a 68-year-old man admitted in the emergency room with an acute coronary syndrome and no evidence of significant coronary disease. Instead, he had an abnormal branch from the circumflex coronary artery nourishing a mass in the left lower pulmonary lobe. A coronary steal ph...
Introduction and Objectives: COVID-19 pandemic forced a change in health care resources and provision due to the emergence of a new group of patients, requiring extraordinary protective measures and the adoption of new organization for the treatment of urgent or priority COVID-19 negative patients. We reviewed our practice during the first pandemic period to evaluate our surgical outcomes and identify if patien...
O livro reporta-se para trilhos pedestres da Serra da Estrela. É feita uma avaliação e caracterização de três dos principais trilhos. É apresentada uma avaliação fisiológica dos referidos percursos.
Foi objetivo deste estudo analisar e avaliar qualitativamente o percurso pedestre do Vale Glaciar do Zêzere. A amostra foi constituída por vinte e nove sujeitos, vinte homens e nove mulheres (idade: 28,04 ± 10,79 anos, estatura: 1,73 ± 0,09 m, massa corporal: 69,59 ± 11,00 kg) que percorreram o trilho linear com 9053 m de distância. A velocidade de caminhada foi monitorizada e mantida constante a 5 km/h com rec...
The current classification of the hiking trails using an agreement between lab and eld test is inexistent. The aim of this study was to characterize a single route in a physiological basis.