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Refractory severe ulcerative colitis. Experience with cyclosporine.
Canena, J; Serviço de Medicina Interna e Gastrenterologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova, Lisboa.; Leitão, J; Turpin, S; Penedo, JA case of severe ulcerative colitis refractory to steroid therapy is reported. The authors look at cyclosporine use in this clinical setting and make a short review of cyclosporine usefulness and major side effects. ; A case of severe ulcerative colitis refractory to steroid therapy is reported. The authors look at cyclosporine use in this clinical setting and make a short review of cyclosporine usefulness and...
Advances in the endoscopic therapy of chronic pancreatitis.
Liberato, M; Clínica Universitária de Medicina Interna e Gastrenterologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Hospital Pulido Valente, Lisboa.; Romão, CEndoscopic interventional techniques have created a wide new perspective for non-surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis (CP). Surgery and endoscopy differ in their techniques, but are comparable with regard to tactics. The aim of methods in CP is to relieve pain and/or local complications. The preliminary results of endoscopic procedures in CP are promising and the methods appear safe in the hands of experi...
Pancreatic tumors. Therapeutic endoscopy of malignant stenoses of the common bi...
Liberato, M; Clínica Universitária de Medicina Interna e Gastrenterologia, Hospital Pulido Valente, Lisboa.; Romão, C; Duarte, C; Figueiredo, AFrom September 1987 to April 1994, 144 biliary endoprostheses were introduced (81 male; 63 female; mean age 68.7 years) in patients presenting distal stricture of the common bile duct by pancreatic tumors. 135 plastic (10 and 12 French) and 9 metallic (30 French) prostheses were placed. The most common complication associated with plastic prostheses is clogging (16%); this problem was solved with the use of met...
Prospective study of duodenal ulcer. Analysis of prognostic factors.
Guerreiro, S; Serviço Universitário de Medicina III, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/Hospital de Pulido Valente, Lisboa.; Neves, B; Va, S; Pires, MWe conducted a prospective clinical trial of 154 patients with duodenal ulcer disease, which was divided in two different steps: healing phase and post-healing phase. In the first phase, the patients were randomly assigned to treatment with H2 blockers (Ranitidine 300 mg or Famotidine 40 mg), in a single bedtime dose. Endoscopy was performed after 4 and 12 weeks of treatment and the healing rate was 70% and 90%...
Myopathy caused by hypothyroidism.
Paiva, C; Serviço de Medicina III. H. Pulido Valente, Serviço de Neurologia do H. Sta. Maria, Lisboa.; Mouro, A M; Luís, M L; Fonseca, F; Quina, MThe authors report a case of primary hypothyroidism where the main symptoms were caused by muscular lesions and disappeared after treatment with L-thyroxine. Based on this case study the authors then review both the clinical aspects and the diagnostical methods of hypothyroidism myopathy, noting its frequency, be it in terms of isolated laboratory changes or in terms of functional changes. ; The authors report...
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