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Total Hip Arthroplasty - Case Report
Solano, Carla; Martins, Ana Filipa; Pinto, Alda; Rodrigues, Teresa FátimaEmergency departments receive patients with Total Hip Replacement or Total Hip Arthroplasty on a daily basis. One of the most common complications in the emergency department is hip/prosthesis dislocations, despite the low rate of postoperative complications. What individualises the case that we present is in the observation of the hip X-ray, with dislocation of the prosthesis, the singular location of the same...
Use of two C-arms for screw fixation in sacral trauma stabilization
Matos, Daniel; Solano, Carla; Pinto, AldaThe use of fluoroscopy equipment - Arc C, by radiology technicians and the interaction with different surgical specialties is an area in expansion and with particularities aligned to the various surgical techniques. The number of equipment, human resources and needs are not always compatible. A technical-radiological case is described of the "use of two C-arms in screw fixation in the stabilization of sacral tr...
Still COVID-19 in Paediatrics: Chest X-ray in Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra
Machado, Ana Isabel; Malva, Magda; Pinto, AldaIn confirmed and symptomatic cases of COVID-19 in pediatric patients, chest x-ray plays an important role in the characterization of pulmonary lesions, namely in terms of their dimension, density and pattern. In this paper, eight chest x-ray images of COVID-19 patients, performed at the Emergency Service of the Paediatric Hospital of Coimbra were analysed. The observed alterations are compatible with those desc...
The relevance of Imaging and the impact of magnetically controlled growing in t...
Liberal, Maria João; Dinis, Maria Helena; Pinto, AldaSpinal deformities are of significant clinical importance as they are one of the main reasons for body image deformity in both children and adolescents. Scoliosis is of particular relevance because its evolution is difficult to control and its rapid progression can cause severe damages such as pulmonary insufficiency, making its treatment a challenge. The magnetically controlled growth rod system (HCCM) used no...
Cleaning of the Conventional Emergency Radiology Room after a suspected COVID-1...
Valente, Gracinda; Carvalho, Susana; Pinto, AldaIn order to improve hygiene procedures in the emergency radiology room, after conducting radiological exams in patients suspected of COVID19, a bibliographic, observation and experiential research was carried out. The understanding of this procedure allowed to obtain a set of improvements through some reorganization, which minimized the risk of transmission between the professionals involved and the patients. E...
COVID-19: The performance of the Radiographer in an intraoperative environment
Santos, Lucília; Alexandre, André; Leal, Ricardo; Pinto, Alda; Fernandes, VilmaAn outbreak of pneumonia associated to a new coronavirus appeared in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, in the province of Hubei, China and was named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This virus is highly contagious which led to the adaptation of new performance techniques in hospital scenarios such as Operating Room. Faced with this new reality, the Radiographer who as an increa...
The efficacy of different types of masks in order to protect Radiographers in p...
Pita, Vanessa; Pinto, Alda; José, João P.; Gomes, CarolinaCOVID-19 is the new highly contagious coronavirus, with a transmission chain closely related to the propagation of viral agents through droplets. Radiographers play a key role in the acquisition of radiology images, which are essential to the viruscarrying patient follow up, hence the need to establish proper standards to guide them for a correct individual and community protection. Personal protective equipmen...
The Role of Medical Imaging in the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia
Silva, Sara; Oliveira, Catarina; Camelo, Elisabete; Lamas, Raquel; Araújo, Tiago; Pinto, AldaThis study comprises a literature review with the objective of demonstrating the value of medical imaging in the diagnosis of COVID-19. It presents particular imagiological characteristics of pneumonia which suggest infection by the new Coronavirus or something else. SARS-CoV-2 is a new virus of unknown origin that emerged in December 2019 in China. The diagnosis is done through the Reverse Transcription Polyme...
Optimization of CT procedures; a retrospective look in SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV time
Ramos, Rosa; Costa, Maria J.; Cruz, Clarinda; Cirilo, Aniano; Cavaleiro, Teresa; Figueiredo, Marisa; Rodrigues, Teresa; Abrunheiro, SandraSARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), was declared by the World Health Organization as an international pandemic, on March 11, 2020. This work aims to share procedures and best practices in CT, adopted in the context of a COVID-19 protocol established in the radiology department of the CHUC (HUC), as well as the characterization of the sample of patients evaluated as suspected of the COVID-19. A retrospective study ...