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Perfil hematológico e bioquímico de pacientes com doença de Chagas atendidos po...
Silva Filho, José Damião da; Costa, Alanna Carla; Freitas, Erlane Chaves; Viana, Carlos Eduardo Menezes; Lima, Monise Anne; Andrade, Mônica CoelhoIntroduction: Chagas’ disease (DC) is a parasite caused by the infectious agent Trypanosoma cruzi. In Brazil, the specific treatment of CD is performed with Benzonidazole (Bz), which due to its toxicity, can lead to the appearance of several adverse reactions to patients who use it. Therefore, there is a certain concern in evaluating the patient before starting the use of Bz, in order to verify possible hematol...
Perfil clínico e epidemiológico de pacientes idosos com doença de chagas atendi...
Pereira, Laíse dos SantosAs the control of the vectorial and transfusional transmissions of Chagas disease (CD) progressed, cases of young people with the infection have become rare, causing a rise in the average age of patients, leading to the emergence of an elderly population with the chronic infection. Thus, the challenge of providing assistance to this group of patients that are in this unfavorable condition remains to the Public ...