Introdução: A protocolite induzida por proteína alimentar é uma reação de hipersensibilidade não -IgE mediada, mais frequentemente desencadeada pela ingestão de leite de vaca ou soja mas também já reconhecida no contexto de aleitamento materno exclusivo. Pode manifestar -se nas primeiras semanas de vida e o seu diagnóstico constitui um desafio pela inespecificidade das manifestações clínicas, muitas vezes levan...
INTRODUCTION: The benefits of manual versus automated red blood cell exchange have rarely been documented and studies in young sickle cell disease patients are scarce. We aim to describe and compare our experience in these two procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Young patients (≤ 21 years old) who underwent manual- or automated-red blood cell exchange for prevention or treatment of sickle cell disease complicatio...
Rhabdomyolysis is a process of muscle destruction that can present with varying clinical manifestations. In pediatric patients, its main etiology is infectious diseases. We present a previously healthy adolescent who was admitted to our emergency department with a four-day history of myalgia, muscle weakness and dark urine. At presentation, she was dehydrated. Blood analysis revealed acute renal failure and inc...
INTRODUCTION: The benefits of manual versus automated red blood cell exchange have rarely been documented and studies in young sickle cell disease patients are scarce. We aim to describe and compare our experience in these two procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Young patients (≤ 21 years old) who underwent manual- or automated-red blood cell exchange for prevention or treatment of sickle cell disease complicatio...
OBJECTIVE: This article comprises a sample of abuse modalities observed in a pediatric emergency room of a public hospital in the Lisbon metropolitan area and a multifactorial characterization of physical and sexual violence. The objectives are: (1) to discuss the importance of social and family variables in the configuration of both types of violence; (2) to show how physical and sexual violence have subtypes ...
Introdução: A doença das células falciformes ou drepanocitose pode ter consequências graves e as transfusões têm um papel fundamental no prognóstico da doença. Existem poucos estudos sobre a utilização da técnica manual de transfusão permuta ou exsanguíneo-transfusão parcial de glóbulos vermelhos no tratamento de complicações agudas da drepanocitose na população pediátrica. A técnica pretende diminuir os níveis...