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Palipocus: The Use of POCUS in the Palliative Gare Setting
Sousa,Inês Egídio de; Monteiro,Margarida; Valente,Tiago; Santos,André; Fiuza,Tiago; Mendes,Adriano Pacheco; Soares,Rita; Teixeira,Jorge; Mariz,JoséAbstract Palliative care is the holistic care of individuais with serious health-related suffering due to severe illness. The improving survival in malignant and non-malignant diseases results in an ageing population who tive with advanced chronic diseases that commonly present to acute care settings. With our improved ability to relief symptoms and treat intercurrent complications, imaging can be an important ...
The Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit: A Large Cohort Validat...
Mariz,José António; Pires,Olga; Lopes,Amândia; Bessa,João; Correia,Luís; Morgado,Pedro; Teixeira,Jorge; Sousa,Nuno; Santos,Nadine CorreiaAbstract Introduction: The Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) is of great potential value in the emergency department (ED). However, there is still uncertainty about its diagnostic accuracy and reliability, with studies warranting larger cohorts. In one of the largest and most heterogeneous cohorts considered to date, the aim was to validate and explore the applicability of the CAM-IC...
Ecografia à Cabeceira do Doente na Medicina Interna: Uma Mudança de Paradigma n...
Mariz,José; Silva,Rafael; Romano,Miguel; Gaspar,António; Gonçalves,António Pedro; Silva,João Paulo; Carvalho-Filho,Marco António; Santos,ThiagoA ecografia à cabeceira do doente apresenta-se como o quinto pilar do exame físico, juntamente com a inspeção, percussão, palpação e auscultação. Após o início de sua utilização nos anos 80 para avaliação do trauma abdominal, tornou-se prática diária na avaliação do doente crítico, tanto nas Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos quanto nos Serviços de Urgência, sendo, hoje, componente fundamental de diversos protoc...
Behaviour of indirect immunofluorescence test and some cerebrospinal parameters...
Simonetti,Amauri Braga; Teixeira,JorgeCerebrospinal fluid from 53 patients with clinical evidence of neurocysticercosis and 11 who suffered from several diseases were studied to evaluate the behaviour of indirect immunofluorescence test and some parameters of routine analysis. In neurocysticercosis there were pleocitosis in 88.7% of cases, eosinophilorrachia in 60.3%o, hyperproteinorrachia in 71.7% and hypoglucorrachia in 13.2%. The indirect immuno...