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Thyroid surgery (TS) is the most frequent cause of bilateral vocal cords (VC) palsy. This emergency is rare and can cause post-extubation stridor (PES) by recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) section. We report a case of a patient proposed to TS. In the end of an uneventful surgery, qualitative cuff leak test (CLT) was positive. Neverthless, patient was extubated. She started PES two minutes later and was reintubate...
Amiodarone is a potent anti-arrhythmic drug with a well-known potential chronic pulmonary toxicity. We describe a case of acute pulmonarytoxicity (APT) induced by amiodarone in a 57 year old patient submitted to a perfusion of 900 mg in just 6 hours, to control anauricular flutter with rapid ventricular response. During the administration, the patient developed hemodynamic instability and oxygendessaturation th...
The real estate housing valuation is, even today, highly subjective. The sales comparison approach, which is based on the determination of housing value suported on sales price of similar housing in a particular market area, remains the most widely used method. Given this situation, the hedonic model should be seen as a solution to improve the quality of assessments, as it determines the price of housing accord...
Widowhood is one of the stressful life events in a life course. Adjusting may be difficult for older adults experiencing a decrease in social networks. This study aims to explore widowhood in old age - the experience of loneliness and subjective well-being. The attachment perspective (Bowlby, 1980), the relational model of loneliness (Weiss, 1973) and the subjective well-being construct (Diener, 2000) are the f...