As migrações e a globalização dos viajantes têm apresentado grandes desafios no controlo da transmissão de doenças. Em 2012, o número estimado de pessoas em risco de contraíram malária foi de 3,4 biliões. Na Europa, esta é uma doença rara que, em 2012, apenas teve reportados 255 casos autóctones. Para turistas e emigrantes de áreas não endémicas, a malária representa um sério risco de morte e deve ser uma forte...
Na infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (VIH) estão descritas alterações cardiovasculares, tanto estruturais como funcionais. Com o objectivo de fazer o rastreio das referidas alterações no propósito de uma intervenção terapêutica precoce, foi efectuada uma avaliação clínica e laboratorial prospectiva em 32 crianças com infecção pelo VIH, com idades compreendidas entre três meses e 13 anos (média = 3....
Abnormalities of cardiovascular structure and function have been described among children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In order to evaluate their occurrence and clinical predictors, 32 children infected with HIV, aged three months to 13 years (mean age = 3.11 +/- 3.51 years) were studied. Perinatal transmission was identified in 90% of the children. Twenty-two patients (pts) (69%) had symptoms, nine...
In order to make an actual perspective about prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease in the area of influence of our department, a prospective study including 948 fetus and 185 newborn was done, 348 fetus and 20 newborn evaluated during 1993 (group I) and the remaining during 1994 (group II). In both groups indications for fetal echocardiography were mainly maternal (18%) and familiar (14%) factors, but ...
In a 4 1/2 year period fetal, echocardiographic studies were performed on 1600 fetuses. In 55 with arrhythmia, 44 had supraventricular ectopic beats, resolved in all, and none had heart disease. Sustained arrhythmias occurred in 11 fetuses. Atrial flutter was present in 3 all with heart disease (Ebstein disease, right atrial tumour and WPW diagnosed after birth). Another 3 fetuses had supraventricular tachycard...
We describe the clinical case of a six-month old female child, who presented an intra-vesical mass as a sequence of urinary tract infection. After surgical resection the histopathological study was consistent with the diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor of the bladder. ; We describe the clinical case of a six-month old female child, who presented an intra-vesical mass as a sequence of urinary tract infection...
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