- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Hematological disorders and diagnostics
- Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Platelet Disorders and Treatments
- Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
- Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
- Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Pancreatic function and diabetes
- Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
- Solid State Laser Technologies
Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte
2024
Hospital de Santa Maria
2010-2021
COVID-19 is the clinical expression of highly contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral infection. Most patients have mild symptoms, but a significant proportion or critical disease, which can include cardiac injury, sepsis, kidney failure and failure. It also worth highlighting increasing number reported cases with dermatological disease/manifestations. The cutaneous spectrum wide includes maculopapular, urticarial, varicelliform petechial rashes, pseudo...
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease characterized by arterial and venous thrombosis / or obstetric morbidity in the presence of at least one circulating anti-phospholipid antibody. The spectrum vascular events varies from deep to catastrophic APS, rare form acute multiorgan high mortality.We present case 32-week pregnant woman arriving hospital emergency room with bilateral lower limb ischemia. In evaluation, fetal death was declared. Computerized Tomography...
Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare developmental abnormality of the lower respiratory tract. This disease caused by cartilage or connective tissue defects, leading to overdistention pulmonary lobe. CLE mainly diagnosed in early childhood, though it might be rarely found young adults. Due its rarity, can misdiagnosed with other conditions. Here we report case previously healthy female complaining dyspnea and thoracic pain after commercial flight. Physical radiological examinations...
Infectious spondylodiscitis is a rare disease and typically presents with an insidious progression characterized by spinal pain that usually starts gradually progressively worsens over several weeks to months. It occurs through three main mechanisms: direct contamination in cases of trauma or surgery, hematogenous dissemination, contiguity. We report the case 63-year-old male, admitted due history dorsolumbar after falling from height 1.5 meters, four months evolution, without other...
Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group diseases characterized by autosomal dominant monogenic non-ketogenic mellitus, usually with early-onset, prevalence 1-5% all cases. A 72-year-old female was admitted intestinal occlusion, anorexia, vomiting, weight loss for four months. Medical history type 2 chronic pancreatitis abnormal pancreatic development, acute obstructive jaundice due to mass in head pancreas duodenum extension months...
7‐11 November 2010, Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, Glasgow, UK
A peritonite esclerosante encapsulante é uma doença rara e insidiosa associada a espessamento fibrose peritoneal, afectando sobretudo doentes com historial de diálise peritoneal. Uma evolução clínica desfavorável encarceramento ansas intestinais culmina numa taxa mortalidade 25%-55%. Apresenta-se homem 47 anos, antecedentes renal crónica previamente sob Avaliado no serviço urgência por febre, anorexia ascite 1 semana evolução. Laboratorialmente referia-se elevação dos parâmetros...