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Appropriateness of hospitalization in a ward of internal medicine--using the Ap...
Vieira, Nuno B; Rodríguez-Vera, Javier; Ferrão, Estela; Taveira, Teresa; Monteiro, Luísa; Grade, Maria J; Duarte, Isidoro; Arez, LuísaThe Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) is an instrument to study the appropriate use of hospital beds based in objective criteria that classify a hospital admission as appropriate or inappropriate.Evaluate the appropriateness of hospital admissions and stays of the patients of our Internal Medicine Department using the concurrent version of AEP.Transversal study where was evaluated the clinical record of...
Depression presenting as pernicious anaemia
Vieira, Nuno; Rodríguez-Vera, Javier; Arez, Luísa; Tomé, RuiPernicious anaemia is an uncommon cause of anaemia, caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B12. Independent of the aetiology, this deficiency may produce neurological alterations as well as psychiatric presentations.The case of a 42-year-old woman with a depressive syndrome, admitted to our department for severe anaemia, is presented in this article. Complementary diagnostic tests revealed a pernicious anaemia and t...