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A institucionalização de um sistema separado no atendimento à infância em Portu...

Resumo: Referenciadas às Ciências da Educação e às Sociologias da Infância, da Família e da Educação, perspetivamos o recente interesse político sobre a creche no âmbito das relações entre pequena infância, família e Estado, para interrogarmos o lugar da Creche no contexto da educação para a infância que antecede a escolaridade obrigatória. A institucionalização educativa da infância dos 0 aos 6 anos apenas gan...

Acute Campylobacter spp. gastroenteritis in the Pediatric Emergency Department ...

Abstract Introduction: Campylobacter spp. is the main cause of pediatric acute bacterial gastroenteritis (ABG) in the European Union, with greater incidence in children under five years old. Most patients present complete recovery within days of infection, with no associated comorbidities. Antibiotic therapy should be reserved for severe cases. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiolo...

HYPOXEMIA IN AN ADOLESCENT: WHEN THE CAUSE IS BETWEEN THE LINES

Abstract Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare entity in pediatric age, with multifactorial etiology. A 16-year-old male with multiple allergies (mites, dogs, cats, and grasses), daily smoker (one pack/day for one year), and regular cannabis, cocaine, and amphetamine consumer went to the Emergency Department of the local hospital with cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and fever with 12 hours of evolution. On physic...

Imaging case

Introduction: Congenital Bochdalek Diaphragmatic Hernia (CBDH) is a relatively rare entity and may be underdiagnosed due to not being correctly recognized after the neonatal period. Case report: An eight-month-old Caucasian infant with failure to thrive, presented to the emergency service with productive cough since the previous week. He was amoxicillin/clavulanic acid prescribed seven days before for an acute ...

Tumefação craniana de novo: um desafio diagnóstico

A Coleção Líquida Subaponevrótica (CLS) é uma tumefação craniana benigna e, provavelmente, subdiagnosticada, que surge poucas semanas após o nascimento. Descreve-se o caso de uma lactente com antecedentes de parto distócico por ventosa e cefalohematoma occipitoparietal reabsorvido no período neonatal. Aos dois meses de idade, desenvolve, de novo, uma tumefação occipitoparietal direita de consistência mole e móv...

Tracheitis: A Rare Extra-Intestinal Manifestation of Ulcerative Colitis in Chil...

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease may cause both intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations. Respiratory symptoms in ulcerative colitis are rare and tracheal involvement is exceedingly rare in children. Case 1: Sixteen year-old female with a 4-week-complaint of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, fever and cough. The investigation was consistent with the diagnosis of concomitant ulcerative colitis/coinfe...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with hypobetalipoproteinemia: repo...

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children, is defined by hepatic fat infiltration >5% of hepatocytes, in the absence of excessive alcohol intake, evidence of viral, autoimmune or drug-induced liver disease. Conditions like rare genetic disorders must be considered in the differential diagnosis. Case Report: Two male brothers, and a non-related girl, al...

Curvas de percentis: a sua importância como ponto de partida de um diagnóstico

Tumefação craniana de novo: um desafio diagóstico

Doença celíaca: mais um diagnóstico tardio…