A amebíase é uma das doenças parasitárias mais comuns no mundo. As principais formas invasivas da doença são a colite amebiana e o abcesso hepático. Apresenta-se o caso clínico de um homem de 42 anos admitido com um quadro agudo de febre elevada e dor abdominal no hipocôndrio direito com dois dias de evolução. A tomografia axial computorizada do abdómen revelou a presença de 3 lesões abcedadas a nível do lobo d...
Objectivo: Rever o perfil clínico e terapêutico dos doentes com malária grave admitidos numa unidade de cuidados intensivos (UCI). Tipo de estudo: Retrospectivo. População: Nove doentes com malária a Plasmodium falciparum admitidos entre Agosto de 1991 e Julho de 2001 na UCI do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos (HSAC). Resultados: As complicações mais frequentes foram as manifestações neurológicas, a síndr...
Apresenta-se o movimento assistencial da Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente (UCIP) do Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos (HSAC), no seu ano de funcionamento (1 de Julho de 1991 a 30 de Junho de 1992). Foram internados 282 doentes, com uma idade média global de 57.91±18.16 anos e provenientes em 52.5% dos casos do Serviço de Urgência do HSAC. As principais categorias diagnósticas de admissão foram a ...
to characterize and to assess in terms of severity the surgical and trauma patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (ICU).retrospective study base on clinical records and the ICU computerized database.the medical ICU of a tertiary hospital.of the 2468 patients admitted to the ICU in 1989, 289 (11.7%) were surgical or trauma ones. The more frequent reasons for admission were: the need for mechanical ve...
OBJECTIVE: to characterize and to assess in terms of severity the surgical and trauma patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN: retrospective study base on clinical records and the ICU computerized database. SETTING: the medical ICU of a tertiary hospital. RESULTS: of the 2468 patients admitted to the ICU in 1989, 289 (11.7%) were surgical or trauma ones. The more frequent reasons for...
The authors present an audit to a multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary Hospital (HSAC) over its first year (1/07/1991-30/06/1992). The total study population numbered 282 patients, 52.5% admitted from the emergency room. The mean age was 57.91 +/- 18.16 years. Cardiovascular failure (39%) and respiratory failure (35%) were the main diagnostic categories for admission; 50.7% of the patients needed...
A retrospective analysis was made concerning 1340 admissions to a multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit over four years (1986-1989), because of acute poisoning. In 666 patients occurred 735 drug overdoses and in 674 patients, 691 non-drug intoxications. The drugs with main action in central nervous system were the most frequent in drug overdoses and the organophosphates insecticides in the non-drug intoxication...
The authors present a retrospective study of medical records of patients with lung cancer, admitted at the Service 1 of Internal Medicine of Santo António dos Capuchos Hospital during a 12 year period (1978-1989). Of the 112 selected patients, 50% had histologic diagnosis, the remaining had strong clinical radiographic, endoscopic and/or autopsic evidence of pulmonary malignancy or malignant cytology in sputum,...
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