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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...
Multiple Myeloma IgM – a clinical case report
Santos, Bruno; Arez, Luísa; Taveira, Teresa; Palma, Santos; Tomé, RuiThe IgM monoclonal gammopathy can be associated with multiple pathologies namely lymphoproliferative conditions, multiple myeloma, solid tumours as well as benign conditions such as infections and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. The differential diagnosis is not always easy and it should follow clinical, laboratory and histopathologic criteria. To this purpose the authors present a clinical ...