The healthcare context is undergoing a significant transformation, facing a series of complex and unprecedented challenges. This transformation is triggered by accessibility constraints to healthcare services, increased expectations from patients and sing financial burdens. Rather than being seen as unsolvable obstacles, these challenges can be perceived as powerful stimuli, encouraging the search for innovativ...
Arterial dissection is an uncommon complication of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman with a migraine history who presented with recurrent thunderclap headache and focal neurological signs, including right hemiataxia. She had been diagnosed with COVID-19 disease two weeks earlier. Neuroimaging revealed multifocal stenosis of the posterior circulatio...
Introdução e objetivos A abordagem da criança gravemente doente em ambiente de simulação permite sistematizar competências em Medicina de Emergência Pediátrica, colmatando a relativa raridade destas situações1,2. Em 2021 foi criado o Centro de Simulação Avançada em Pediatria – SimPED do Hospital Dona Estefânia (HDE) que implementou um plano formativo destinado aos profissionais hospitalares, com o objetivo de a...
Lemierre’s syndrome is easily missed and may be more common than generally appreciated. Usually a complication of a deep neck abscess it can present suddenly with shortness of breath and hypoxemia. Accurate diagnosis and orientation is mandatory for the treatment of an otherwise potentially life-threatening disease. We describe a case of an adolescent with Lemierre’s syndrome and septic pulmonary embolism.; O S...
Primary lung tumors in the pediatric age group are rare, histologically diverse and have different therapeutic approaches. The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the lung accounts for 0.04% - 1.2% of all lung tumors, is more common in children and young adults and its etiology is unknown. The diagnosis is difficult as clinical and radiological findings are highly variable. We report a case of a 15-year-old a...
Aim: To characterise Bartonella infections in a paediatric population requiring hospital admission and review its treatment. Methods: Longitudinal observational retrospective data analysis of children and adolescents admitted with Bartonella infection at a paediatric tertiary hospital from 2010 to 2019. Results: We identified 16 cases of bartonellosis, with a mean age of 8.0 ± 4.5 years old, no sex predominance...
Ao longo da licenciatura, foram várias as unidades curriculares que enriqueceram e prepararam o estagiário para a vida profissional. Esses conhecimentos foram postos em prática, e à prova, no estágio curricular na empresa Six, Investimentos Turísticos, S.A., proprietária do Grupo Onyria. O presente relatório serve como descrição das atividades realizadas e da sua metodologia. O estágio proporcionou ao estagiári...