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O conceito de valor em medicina ou medicina baseada em valor, cada vez mais na berra, pode ser de um modo simples definido pela equação proposta por Michael Porter, sendo que valor seria igual aos resultados em saúde (outcomes) divididos pelos custos com os mesmos.1 Refinamentos desta equação englobam também no numerador a satisfação do utente ou doente com o episódio de saúde decorrido.; The concept of value i...
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A 46-year-old male presented with sudden onset of severe pain in the right upper quadrant. On abdominal examination, a well-defined point of focal tenderness and a subtle lump were evident. Abdominal x-ray, ultrasound and laboratory tests were unremarkable. An abdominal CT scan was then requested, showing fat stranding and a torsed appearance of a lipomatous appendage of the falciform ligament, compatible with ...
69-year-old female found on a routine radiological follow-up (yearly abdominal CT scan) after a left adrenalectomy 4 years ago (pathologically proven cortical adenoma). Chronic left flank pain, already present before the adrenalectomy was the major complaint. A small left para-aortic “mass” was the main finding on the CT scan. As differential diagnosis we have considered para-aortic lymphadenopathy, adrenal mas...
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