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Assessment of Fluid Status in Dialysis: Clinical Importance and Diagnostic Tools
Damas,Juliana; Fernandes,VascoABSTRACT Fluid status is crucial for dialysis patients. Volume overload is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Nevertheless, volume depletion is associated with myocardial stunning and cerebral ischaemia. For decades, many diagnostic tools have been proposed for increased accuracy in evaluation of volemia, considering that clinical assessment is unreliable. Lung ultrasound and bioimpedance analysis emerged as t...
Idiopathic hypocomplementaemic tubulointerstitial nephritis
Azevedo,Ana; Mesquita,Isabel; Viana,Helena; Rocha,Gizela; Ferreira,Carina; Fernandes,Vasco; Murinello,Antonio; Carvalho,Fernanda; Nolasco,FernandoBackground: Tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN) is a common cause of kidney injury typically seen in association with drug exposure, infection or autoimmune diseases. However, TIN with interstitial immune complex deposition, without glomerular injury, is rarely observed. Case: We report a case of a 64-yearold Indian woman admitted for dialysis-requiring renal failure, without involvement of other organs. Urinaly...
Henoch-Schönlein purpura associated with pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Azevedo,Ariana; Fernandes,Vasco; Navarro,David; Ferreira,Ana Carina; Sousa,João; Viana,Helena; Carvalho,Fernanda; Nolasco,FernandoIntroduction: The Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is an immunoglobulin A (IgA)-mediated smallvessel systemic vasculitis, rare in adults. The association with solid tumours has been described, especially with lung cancer. Case Report: We present the case of a 60-year-old Caucasian male, diag- nosed with lung adenocarcinoma that underwent surgical resection without (neo)adjuvant theraphy. Two months latter he was ...