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Venous Thromboembolism Risk and Prophylaxis in surgical patients
Vaz, Pedro Silva; Duarte, Liliana; Paulino, AidaIntroduction: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is assumed as a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients, being a major public health problem. Surgery determines a prothrombotic state and there is a need for appropriate thromboprophylaxis according to risk stratification of these patients. Despite good evidence of cost-benefit and created guidelines and risk assessment models, prop...
Small bowel metastatic of malignant melanoma: a rare cause of lower gastrointes...
Vaz, Pedro Silva; Usurelu, Sergiu; Monteiro, Ana; Correia, Sara; Gouveia, António; Loureiro, ArnandinaThe malignant melanoma is the most common cause of metastatic lesion in the gastrointestinal tract, representing about 33% of all the metastatic malignant tumors of the digestive tract. In 35% of patients the small bowel is impaired, and lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a rare form of presentation. The authors report a case of a 81-year-old male with a history of malignant skin melanoma excised in 1994. Under...