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Hidden synchronous tumor
Soares Rosa, Rita; Sacramento, Vânia; Matos, Cristina; Nogueira, FernandoSynchronous primary lung carcinoma consists of separate neoplastic processes, histologically identical or different, but occurring in different segments, lobes, or lungs. It is a relatively rare condition, with the reported incidence ranging from 0.26 to 1.33%.1 We report the case of a 63-year-old female patient, with smoking habits and a strong familial history of cancer, who was first detected a suspicious lu...
“Social service cases” admitted in an Internal Medicine Department: characteriz...
Joosten, Anneke; Sacramento, Vânia; do Carmo, Célia; Pona, Paula; Campante, FátimaBackground: Prolonged hospital stay after discharge because of social problems, especially in elderly patients, is an everyday reality for acute care hospitals. Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine demographic and clinical features of all “social service cases” who were hospitalized in our internal medicine ward and to evaluating the impact of prolonged hospitalization on total length of hospital ...