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Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms Syndrome in a Patient Tak...
Lameiras, C; Ornelas, E; Lopes, M; Dória, MCDrug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare adverse drug reaction characterised by skin eruption and multiple organ involvement. Diagnosing this entity is challenging due to the variability of clinical manifestations, late onset and relapse even after stopping the causative drug. It is potentially life-threatening; thus, it must be promptly recognised and the causative drug ...
Derivation and external validation of the SHIeLD score for predicting outcome i...
Freitas, P; Santos, AR; Ferreira, AM; Oliveira, A; Gonçalves, M; Corte-Real, A; Lameiras, C; Maurício, J; Ornelas, E; Matos, C; Faria, D; Augusto, JIdentifying patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism (PE) who may benefit from thrombolysis remains challenging. We sought to develop and validate a score to predict 30-days PE-related mortality and/or rescue thrombolysis. METHODS: We retrospectively assessed 554 patients with normotensive PE. Independent predictors of the studied endpoint were identified from variables available at admission in the emerge...