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An unusual manifestation of severe edema in nephrotic syndrome

Keypoints What is known – Ascites is a common finding in nephrotic syndrome. – Adherence to treatment is important to prevent nephrotic syndrome complications. What is added – Transudation of ascitic fluid through the abdominal wall is a rare complication of nephrotic syndrome. – The treatment of transudation of ascitic fluid and skin lesions is challenging and improvement may take several weeks.

Complete blood count parameters as biomarkers of retinopathy of prematurity: a ...

Purpose: To evaluate complete blood count (CBC) parameters in the first week of life as predictive biomarkers for the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods: Multicenter, prospective, observational study of a cohort of preterm infants born with gestational age (GA) < 32 weeks or birth weight < 1500 g in eight Portuguese neonatal intensive care units. All demographic, clinical, and laboratory d...

Social and Economic Value of Portuguese Community Pharmacies in Health Care

BackgroundCommunity pharmacies are major contributors to health care systems across the world. Several studies have been conducted to evaluate community pharmacies services in health care. The purpose of this study was to estimate the social and economic benefits of current and potential future community pharmacies services provided by pharmacists in health care in Portugal. Methods The social and economic valu...

Digital Asthenopia: Portuguese Group of Ergophthalmology Survey.

INTRODUCTION: Given the increasing use of electronic devices, and the increasing number of complaints with its use, we intend to evaluate the prevalence of manifestations of dry eye and ocular fatigue in a population of individuals, who use the computer daily to perform all their professional tasks, as well as to correlate these complaints with the number of hours of digital use as well as their possible improv...

Unilateral leukemic infiltration and acute angle closure as the first sign of B...

Objective: Unilateral ocular leukemic infiltration with acute angle closure is an infrequent complication of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL-B). We present a clinical case of leukemic ocular infiltration as the sole manifestation of ALL-B relapse. Methods: Case description Results: A 15-year-old female with a history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission for 2 years and pulmonary tuberculosis tr...

Drepanocitose em idade pediátrica: avaliação por imagem multimodal

Reconstruction of delayed scleral flap melting with bovine pericardium after tr...

Aim: To present a challenging case of hypotony after trabeculectomy and its treatment. Case description: A 22-year-old woman with juvenile glaucoma underwent a conventional trabeculectomy with mitomycin C on the right eye (OD). In the immediate postoperative period, we observed a hyperfiltration bleb with hypotony refractory to conservative measures leading to hypotony maculopathy. A surgical revision with scle...

Bowman's layer dystrophy with irido-fundal coloboma in the same patient: a case...

Introduction: The corneal dystrophies are rare corneal diseases, defined as bilateral, symmetric and inherited conditions. Ocular coloboma is a congenital defect caused by embryogenesis imperfection, during the sixth week of development. Purpose: The authors report the first clinical case in literature of the association of cornea dystrophy and irido-fundal coloboma. Case report: The authors describe the case o...

Social and economic value of Portuguese community pharmacies in health care

Background: Community pharmacies are major contributors to health care systems across the world. Several studies have been conducted to evaluate community pharmacies services in health care. The purpose of this study was to estimate the social and economic benefits of current and potential future community pharmacies services provided by pharmacists in health care in Portugal. Methods: The social and economic v...

Doença de Behçet: a nossa realidade

Introdução: A doença de Behçet é uma vasculite inflamatória sistémica, de etiologia desconhecida, caraterizada por episódios de recidiva de úlceras orais e genitais, lesões oculares e cutâneas, podendo atingir virtualmente todos os sistemas. As manifestações oculares são comuns e com consequências visuais importantes. O objectivo deste trabalho foi analisar os parâmetros demográficos, manifestações clinicas, te...