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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with dengue and chikungunya viru...
Bastos, Maria Luiza Almeida; Araújo, Ruth Maria Oliveira de; Oliveira, Deivide de Sousa; Cavalcante, Ana Nery Melo; Silva Junior, Geraldo Bezerra daThe present report shows the occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) associated with acute dengue and chikungunya virus coinfection, manifesting as a severe disease with high mortality potential. The patient was a 28 year-old man with clinical and epidemiological diagnosis of arboviruses infections who developed thrombocytopenia and anemia, after which oral corticosteroid therapy was started. On...
The teaching of ethics and bioethics in Medical Schools
Bastos, Maria Luiza Almeida; Nunes, Renata Adele de Lima; Lopes, Samuel Verter Marinho Uchôa; Amorim, Rosendo FreitasObjective: To assess how ethics and bioethics contents are included in the curricula of medical schools of universities in Ceará. Methods: This documentary research was carried out in July 2017 in four universities that have medical schools: University of Fortaleza (Universidade de Fortaleza – Unifor), Federal University of Ceará (Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC), Ceará State University (Universidade Estadu...