Abstract Introduction: Intra-atrial catheter (IAC) placement through an open surgical approach has emerged as a life-saving technique in hemodialysis (HD) patients with vascular access exhaustion. Objective: To assess the complications of IAC placement, as well as patient and vascular access survival after this procedure. Methods: The authors retrospectively analyzed all seven patients with vascular capital exh...
Background: Understanding the aetiology and approach to management of chronic kidney disease presenting in the paediatric age range continues to represent a true challenge. With the improvement of paediatric care, the number of patients reaching adulthood has increased in recent decades, and it is well known that the transition period from paediatric to adult care is critical; it is associated with a high rate ...
PURPOSE: To perform a quantitative assessment of different types of pelvic ureter tissues with chronic dilation in adults, using stereological methods. METHODS: We analyzed fragments of dilated pelvic ureters obtained from 6 patients aged between 35 and 67 years (mean, 46 years) who underwent ureteral reimplantation surgery for different reasons. The obstruction duration ranged from 27 to 180 days (mean, 93 day...
As complicações relacionadas com os acessos de hemodiálise (HD) são o principal motivo de internamento dos doentes renais crónicos. O tratamento cirúrgico do síndrome de roubo associado a isquemia grave e crítica é mandatório e urgente. A única técnica cirúrgica que garante segurança nos resultados no que diz respeito à resolução da isquemia com preservação do acesso vascular é o DRIL. Os autores apresentam o c...
Estudos associam características do temperamento ao mau ajustamento e desenvolvimento de transtornos psiquiátricos, entendendo-os como aspectos de vulnerabilidade à psicopatologia. O objetivo deste estudo é realizar uma revisão integrativa da literatura a respeito dos traços de temperamento que caracterizam o transtorno afetivo bipolar em relação à população geral. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa sistemá...