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Ultra-Low-Dose Computed Tomography for Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: A...
Bianco,Danilo P.; Accorsi,Tarso A. D.; Souza,Jose L.; Mello,Eduardo S.; Silva,Joselito A.; Teles,Gustavo B. S.; Chate,Rodrigo C.; Santos,Andre R. C.Abstract Background: The role of ultra-low-dose chest CT (ULDCT) in the emergency department is unknown. Purpose: This study sought to examine feasibility of ULDCT in adults presenting to the emergency department for whom pneumonia was suspected. Radiation dose and time interval between medical request and ULDCT results were measured, antibiotic prescriptions were correlated. Methods: Between October 2017 and D...
Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension sc...
Degani-Costa,Luiza Helena; Assis,João Paulo de; Gonçalves,Pedro Paulo Pisaniello; Gushken,Fernanda; Szarf,Gilberto; Afonso Junior,José EduardoABSTRACT Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in patients with chronic lung disease referred for lung transplantation. Methods A retrospective observational study with patients with pulmonary emphysem...
Differential diagnoses of acute ground-glass opacity in chest computed tomograp...
Matos,Marina Justi Rosa de; Rosa,Marcela Emer Egypto; Brito,Vanessa Mizubuti; Amaral,Lucas Tadashi Wada; Beraldo,Gabriel LaverdiABSTRACT Ground-glass opacity is a very frequent and unspecified finding in chest computed tomography. Therefore, it admits a wide range of differential diagnoses in the acute context, from viral pneumonias such as influenza virus, coronavirus disease 2019 and cytomegalovirus and even non-infectious lesions, such as vaping, pulmonary infarction, alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary edema. For this diagnostic diffe...
Consensus statement on thoracic radiology terminology in Portuguese used in Bra...
Hochhegger,Bruno; Marchiori,Edson; Rodrigues,Rosana; Mançano,Alexandre; Jasinowodolinski,Dany; Chate,Rodrigo Caruso; Souza Jr,Arthur SoaresABSTRACT Effective communication among members of medical teams is an important factor for early and appropriate diagnosis. The terminology used in radiology reports appears in this context as an important link between radiologists and other members of the medical team. Therefore, heterogeneity in the use of terms in reports is an important but little discussed issue. This article is the result of an extensive ...
Alterações Precoces nas Interleucinas Circulantes e no Risco Inflamatório Resid...
Coste,Maria E. R.; França,Carolina N.; Izar,Maria Cristina; Teixeira,Daniela; Ishimura,Mayari E.; Longo-Maugeri,Ieda; Bacchin,Amanda S.Resumo Fundamento Pacientes com infarto agudo do miocárdio podem apresentar uma grande área infartada e disfunção ventricular mesmo com trombólise e revascularização precoces. Objetivo Investigar o comportamento das citocinas circulantes em pacientes com infarto agudo do miocárdio com supradesnivelamento do segmento ST (IAMCSST) e a relação delas com a função ventricular. Métodos No estudo BATTLE-AMI (Avaliação...
Quality and safety innovations in the Radiology Department during the COVID-19 ...
Yokoo,Patrícia; Silva,Maria Carolina Bueno da; Castro,Adham do Amaral e; Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Martins,Karine MinaifABSTRACT Radiology departments were forced to make significant changes in their routine during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, to prevent further transmission of the coronavirus and optimize medical care as well. In this article, we describe our Radiology Department’s policies in a private hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 preparedness focusing on quality and safety for the patient submitted to imagi...
COVID-19 findings identified in chest computed tomography: a pictorial essay
Rosa,Marcela Emer Egypto; Matos,Marina Justi Rosa de; Furtado,Renata Silveira Olimpio de Paula; Brito,Vanessa Mizubuti; Amaral,Lucas Tadashi WadaABSTRACT The disease caused by the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, has been recently described and became a health issue worldwide. Its diagnosis of certainty is given by polymerase chain reaction. High-resolution computed tomography, however, is useful in the current context of pandemic, especially for the most severe cases, in assessing disease extent, possible differential diagnoses and searching complications...
Abdominal symptoms as initial manifestation of COVID-19: a case series
Amaral,Lucas Tadashi Wada; Brito,Vanessa Mizubuti; Beraldo,Gabriel Laverdi; Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Yokoo,Patrícia; Talans,AleyABSTRACT The COVID-19 became a pandemic in early 2020. It was found, at first, that the main manifestations of this new virus occur through respiratory and constitutional symptoms. Therefore, chest tomography was elected as the best imaging test to assess the extent of pulmonary involvement and as a good prognostic predictor for the disease. However, as new studies were produced, the gastrointestinal involvemen...
COVID-19 myocarditis: a case report
Yokoo,Patrícia; Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Sasdelli Neto,Roberto; Ishikawa,Walther Yoshiharu; Silva,Murilo Marques Almeida; Yanata,ElaineABSTRACT A male patient with flu-like symptoms and tomography and laboratory diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome. He developed acute cardiac dysfunction during admission and was submitted to a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging examination, which confirmed acute myocarditis, indicating cardiac involvement by coronavirus disease 2019. A review and discussion about coronavirus disease 2019-related card...
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: report of two cases in Brazil
Gomes,Paula Silva; Shiang,Christina; Szarf,Gilberto; Coletta,Ester Nei Aparecida Martins; Pereira,Carlos Alberto de CastroABSTRACT Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a rare lung disease. It can be idiopathic or associated with any one of various conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of two cases of PPFE in Brazil. Our first patient presented with pleural and subpleural fibrosis in the upper lobes; a spiculated nodule in the left upper lobe; and a mild reticular pattern in the lower lobes. Surgical lung bio...