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Positioning Aeromonas Infection in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Retrospective ...
Guedes,Tiago Pereira; Silva,Joana Alves; Neves,Sara; Falcão,Daniela; Costa,Paula; Lago,Paula; Pedroto,Isabel; Salgado,MartaAbstract Background and Aim: Aeromonas are Gram-negative rods known to cause a spectrum of diseases. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic complex condition resulting from interaction of multiple factors. Aeromonas infection in association with IBD is still largely unknown. We aim to look for the significance of Aeromonas infection and for significant differences between IBD and non-IBD patients. Me...
The Coronavirus Chasm in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report of Patient-Centered...
Lago,Paula; Caetano,Cidalina; Ferreira,Daniela; Salgado,Marta; Pedroto,IsabelAbstract: Introduction: Although patient-centered care can be found in the mission statement of nearly every hospital, it is not always put into practice, and COVID-19 brings new challenges even to the best-organized hospitals and well-developed health care systems. Methods: In the current COVID-19 pandemic, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have a potentially higher risk of complications from this infe...
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis – an incidental finding with unpredictable e...
Santos,Marisa D.; Silva,Cláudio; Silva,Ana Cristina; Salgado,Marta; França,ManuelaAbstract Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is an uncommon disease with unknown etiology characterized by the presence of multiple gas-filled cysts within the submucosa or subserosa of the intestinal wall. Pneumoperitoneum and/or intestinal perforation are complications that may be associated with pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis. The patients are often prone to misdiagnosis or mistreatment.We are presenting ...
Management of Gastrointestinal Toxicity from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor
Rocha,Marta; Sousa,João Correia de; Salgado,Marta; Araújo,António; Pedroto,IsabelImmune checkpoint inhibitors have shown anti-tumour activity in cancers such as melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, non-small-cell lung cancer, urothelial carcinoma, colorectal cancer, and Hodgkins lymphoma. Though immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment and prognosis of some advanced malignancies, they are also associated with a significant risk of immune-related adverse events. These adver...
Treating Untreatable Rectal Varices
Garrido,Mónica; Gonçalves,Belarmino; Ferreira,Sofia; Rocha,Marta; Salgado,Marta; Pedroto,IsabelBackground: Rectal varices are portosystemic collaterals that arise as a complication of portal hypertension. Despite their significant prevalence among cirrhotic patients, clinically important bleeding occurs only in a minority. Various treatment options are available, with endoscopic therapies being widely used, and both interventional radiology and surgery being considered for refractory bleeding rectal vari...
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction as an expression of inflammatory enteric ...
Pimentel,Rita; Salgado,Marta; Magalhães,Maria João; Accarino,Ana; Pedroto,IsabelBackground Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIPO) is characterised by inadequate digestive tract motility and can lead to severely disordered motility. CIPO manifests as recurrent episodes of intestinal sub-occlusion without an anatomical obstruction. We present the case of a 41-year-old female, with severe chronic constipation and several episodes of intestinal sub-occlusion. Investigation revealed colon...
Vulvoperineal Crohn's disease responsive to metronidazole
Rosmaninho,Aristóteles; Sanches,Madalena; Salgado,Marta; Alves,Rosário; Selores,ManuelaCrohn's disease is a multisystem chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract. In the majority of the cases, the cutaneous manifestations follow the intestinal disease, but occasionally dermatological lesions are the inaugural event and may constitute the only sign of the disease. Vulvoperineal involvement is rare, may precede bowel symptoms by months to years and...
Decisões clínicas na doença de Crohn
Magro,Fernando; Correia,Luis; Lago,Paula; Macedo,Guilherme; Peixe,Paula; Portela,Francisco; Dias,Jorge Amil; Barros,Luísa; Belo,Teresa; Caldeira,PauloIntrodução: A doença de Crohn é uma doença infl amatória crónica do trato gastrointestinal. O aumento da incidência e a heterogeneidade desta patologia, com diferentes apresentações e prognóstico leva a uma constante preocupação em desenvolver e melhorar a sua classificação e tratamento. Objectivos: Elaborar recomendações (com base no nível de evidência e grau de recomendação) para 5 questões consideradas como ...