In order to obtain specialist training in Portugal, doctors must pass a multiple-choice examination. The aim of this article is to present a structural and mathematical analysis of the examinations in the last three years. We based our work on the calculation of reliability coefficient of the examinations, and the difficulty and discrimination index of the questions and the examinations as a whole. A detailed a...
150 patients, subjected to kidney graft transplantation between January 1988 and December 1989, were studied. Mean +/- 95% CL age was 37.5 +/- 2.03 (range 12-69) years. IgG and IgM antibodies levels (ELISA) cytomegalovirus (CMV) were investigated in the donor before organ harvesting and in the kidney recipients on 1st and 21th days and then on the 3rd, 6th and 9th months after transplantation. Patients lacking ...
We describe a case of advanced chronic renal failure with persisting hypokalemia. The clinical study revealed the simultaneous presence of a salt and potassium loosing nephropathy associated with aldosterone-producing adenoma. This late pathology was revealed as electrolytic changes characteristic of primary hyperaldosteronism became evident as the renal function progressively deteriorated. ; We describe a cas...
29 pregnancies in 27 renal patients were reviewed. The etiology of renal disease was mainly glomerular (14 patients). At the beginning of pregnancy 11 patients had renal failure and 14 patients had a high blood pressure. Only two patients had pregnancy related worsening of the renal function (the two patients had a normal renal function before pregnancy). Maternal morbidity was infrequent with no mortality. Fet...
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