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Clinical outcomes after vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma with ve...
Pais, Fábio; Aragão de Morais, José; Quintas, Ana; Soares Ferreira, Rita; Catarino, Joana; Correia, Ricardo; Bento, Rita; Garcia, RitaINTRODUCTION: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) frequently progress to involve the inferior vena cava (IVC) and even the right atrium (RA). Nephrectomy and eradication of the tumour thrombus, can extend survival and prevent symptoms of venous congestion. The authors evaluated the institutional experience of a tertiary center in the surgical management of RCC patients with tumour thrombi invading the IVC. METHODS: Retr...
Asymptomatic chronic red eye: a surgical technique case report
Matos, Diogo Bernardo; Guerra, Paulo; José, Patrícia; Ferreira, Rui; Quintas, Ana; Marques-Neves, CarlosIntroduction and importance: Ocular Surface Squamous-cell Neoplasia (OSSN) is an infrequent diagnosis whose clinical suspicion assumes great importance and should not be overlooked. The following case-report aims to describe the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with OSSN whose complaints were mild in comparison to the severity of the disease. The chosen surgical technique was paramount for a disease-free ou...
Relative Age Effect in Physical Fitness of South Portugal Students between 10 a...
Folgado, Hugo; Bravo, Jorge; Quintas, Ana; Raimundo, Armando; Gonçalves, BrunoRelative age is a phenomenon broadly studied in sport sciences. Youth sports participants born earlier in the selection year tend to present a maturational advantage over their peers. As it is also dependent on physical performance, older physical education students may also benefit from this effect in this school subject. The main goal of this manuscript was to determine whether the relative age effect is pres...
ENDOVASCULAR EXCLUSION OF A RUPTURED THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM BY “OCTOPUS ENDO...
Soares Ferreira, Rita; Bastos Gonçalves, Frederico; Rodrigues, Gonçalo; Quintas, Ana; Abreu, Rodolfo; Camacho, Nelson; Catarino, JoanaIntroduction: Involvement of the visceral arteries continues to limit the application of endovascular approaches. Open conventional repair is associated with higher morbimortality. With fenestrated and branched endografts, the total endovascular repair is effective, but these devices are not yet widely available and still require a period of customization. So they can’t be used in the majority of urgent cases. ...
A Case Based approach to assess Waiting Time Prediction at an Intensive Care Unity
Quintas, Ana; Vicente, Henrique; Novais, Paulo; Abelha, António; Santos, M. Filipe; Machado, José; Neves, JoséWaiting time at an intensive care unity stands for a key feature in the assessment of healthcare quality. Nevertheless, its estimation is a difficult task, not only due to the different factors with intricate relations among them, but also with respect to the available data, which may be incomplete, self-contradictory or even unknown. However, its prediction not only improves the patients’ satisfaction but also...
Negative βhCG and Molar Pregnancy: The Hook Effect
Lobo Antunes, Isabel; Curado, Joana; Quintas, Ana; Pereira, AlcidesMolar pregnancy, included in gestational trophoblastic disease, is a benign pathology with ability to metastasize, usually occurring with excessively high βhCG levels. Clinical scenario is usually a woman in extremes of reproductive age presenting with amenorrhoea, pain and vaginal blood loss; signs derived from high βhCG levels may be present (hyperthyroidism, hyperemesis). Diagnosis is based on a positive pre...
A case based approach to assess waiting time prediction at an intensive care unity
Quintas, Ana; Vicente, Henrique; Novais, Paulo; Abelha, António; Santos, M. Filipe; Machado, José Manuel; Neves, JoséWaiting time at an intensive care unity stands for a key feature in the assessment of healthcare quality. Nevertheless, its estimation is a difficult task, not only due to the different factors with intricate relations among them, but also with respect to the available data, which may be incomplete, self-contradictory or even unknown. However, its prediction not only improves the patients’ satisfaction but also...
The role of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase in the induction of sister chromatid exc...
Caria, Helena; Quintas, Ana; Chaveca, Teresa; Rueff, JoséInhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP; EC 2.4.2.30), such as 3-aminobenzamide (3-AB), can be used to assess the role of the enzyme in the induction of DNA lesions in euploid cells as compared to cells of genetic conditions known to exhibit increased susceptibility to chemical or physical mutagens, such as Down’s syndrome (DS) lymphocytes. We report in this work on the effect of PARP inhibition by 3-AB ...