ABSTRACT About four decades ago, the relationship between dialysis-dementia and aluminum (Al) began to be established. The restriction of drugs containing Al and improvements on water quality used for dialysis resulted in the clinical disappearance of Al intoxication. However, high prevalence of Al deposition in bone tissue from Brazilian dialysis patients is still being detected. Through the case report of a p...
Abstract We present the case report of a 19-year-old patient with chronic kidney disease due to chronic glomerulonephritis, in hemodialysis (HD) by central catheter, with the incidental finding of a mass of 28x16 mm in right atrium (RA). The diagnosis of thrombus, infective endocarditis or myxoma were considered. Given the context of immunosuppression and difficult access vascular therapeutic practice has prove...
Foi realizado um estudo transversal para se estimar a prevalência da violência física contra crianças de 0 a 13 anos, enquanto método disciplinar, em pacientes do Ambulatório de Pediatria do Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. A cidade conta com 1 milhão de habitantes com cobertura universal de serviços de saúde. Foi aplicado um questionário a 130 responsáveis que trouxeram as crianças à ...