Serious infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic inflammatory rheumatic disease (SIRD) patients. Although vaccination may prevent numerous infections, vaccination uptake rates are low in this group of patients. OBJECTIVES: To develop evidence-based recommendations for vaccination in SIRD patients. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE (until 31 October 2014) and EMBASE (until 14 December 2014)...
Apresentam-se seis casos de síndrome da veia cava superior causado por neoplasia do pulmão e que foram tratados por endopróteses colocadas por via percutânea. Descreve-se a técnica e avaliam-se os resultados. Num caso ocorreu trombose aguda da endoprótese que foi tratada por uroquinase. Não se registaram outras complicações. Um doente faleceu 1 mês depois por progressão da doença. Os restantes mantinham-se sem ...
A new method for the analysis of both total and bound SO2 in wine is proposed, based on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), and it is compared with the widely used Ripper method. The proposed method is faster than the Ripper's, and the instrumentation is either homemade or widely available. When both methods are applied to the same sample, the results obtained using the QCM method are bracketed in an interval ...
A new method for carbon dioxide (CO2) determination in wine is proposed, based on the use of a quartz crystal microbalance. The analytical experimental set-up was made in the laboratory, and the methodology, free of interference and with an easy calibration procedure, is adequate to monitor CO2 in wine.
A coated quartz crystal microbalance is used for the determination of carbon dioxide. Coating of crystals with tetramethylammonium fluoride tetrahydrate is reported for the first time, and its behaviour, in terms of CO2 interaction at different temperatures, is discussed. This new coating gives greater stability to the calibration curve than N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine but less sensitivity...