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PMC5871948 | 02017 | The “evolving specter of pediatric disease” represents a global threat in public health. This is manifest in the re-emergence of what were once thought to be well-controlled childhood diseases and the fact that infectious diseases appear to be persisting among the leading causes of child mortality. Even more troubling ... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11166241 | 2000 | Surgical treatment of carotid body paragangliomas is a challenge to the surgeon because of the large vascularization of the tumor, involvement of the carotid vessels and the close anatomical relationship with the cranial nerves.
With the advance of diagnosis and the improvement in surgical techniques for vascular rest... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11173289 | 2000 | The treatment of subclinical human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a matter of controversy. As defined by Reid et al (1982), in this kind of HPV infection, instead of producing an overt condyloma, a "macroscopic invisible, non-papilliferous epithelial hyperplasia" can be produced. Considering the high incidence of ce... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11175544 | 2000 | There has been a growing trend for the number of both community-acquired and hospital-acquired staphylococcal infections to increase over the past 20 years. The incidence of staphylococcal endocarditis accounts for 25-35 percent of cases and is characterized by a rapid onset, high fever, frequent involvement of normal ... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11159575 | 2001 | Over the last century, average life span in Brazil has increased from 33.7 to 63.5 years, and the proportion of the population older than 65 years has also increased significantly. It is projected that this population will continue to increase from 7% of total population in 1980 to 16% by 2025. Therefore, this fact wil... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11159581 | 2001 | Intermittent claudication is usually the first clinical symptom of peripheral chronic arterial disease. In many patients, it can progress with severe limitations on walking long distances, and on social, work and leisure activities. The intermittent claudication diagnosis is based on history, physical examination and n... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11164452 | 2001 | Cerebral ischemia has been a matter of controversy for centuries. Wepfer in 1658 described a case of a patient with right hemiplegia and occlusion of the left internal carotid artery, and related the carotid occlusion to the hemiplegia. Willis in 1665 described a case of internal carotid artery occlusion in an asymptom... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11164460 | 2001 | Aortoenteric fistulas are classified as primary and secondary, (after aortic repair by means of an arterial prosthesis). This condition involves arterial rupture and infection of vascular areas. Primary fistulas are in most cases (90%) the result of erosion of the bowel wall, caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm. Septic... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11146234 | 2002 | Thyroid gland function and structure can be evaluated using uptake and scintigraphy studies. I-iodide, which was introduced in the late thirties, was the first radiopharmaceutical used for measuring thyroid uptake, and for many years it was the main study agent used in the evaluation of thyroid function. Despite the fa... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152338 | 2002 | Case 1: G.S.S., an 81-year-old female patient who was diabetic, hypertensive and a non-smoker, presented critical ischemia of the right lower limb with gangrene of the extremity of the foot. Popliteal and distal pulses were absent from both lower limbs. The right carotid pulse was absent and a bruit was heard at the le... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152343 | 2002 | Patients with malignant head and neck neoplasia may present large vessels that have been involved through the invasion of the vessel wall by the adjacent tumor or vessels that have been confined due to the growth of the tumoral mass. The therapeutic options for these cases of advanced neoplasia are: chemotherapy, radio... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152344 | 2002 | Dyspnea is one of the most common complaints among patients with cardiorespiratory diseases and is often the reason why a person seeks medical attention. The presence of unpleasant respiratory sensations is the most important symptom affecting quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory failure. Al-though our ... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152349 | 2002 | Among the possible sequelae generated by central nervous system lesions, language and speech alterations are highlighted by the potential functional impairment that may result. Aphasia brings great suffering to the patient, relatives and caregivers. It is estimated that the incidence of aphasia caused by stroke is betw... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152350 | 2002 | The incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and the diagnosis of localized tumors are increasing. It was predicted that the worldwide mortality due to RCC would reach 100,000 cases in the year 2000. The risk of RCC after the age of 40 years is 1.34%, and the risk of death is over 0.5%.
The most common symptoms are hem... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
PMC11152353 | 2002 | A ganglion is defined as a cystic formation, close to joints or tendinous sheaths, frequently found in the wrist, foot or knee. It can be single or multi-lobed, with clear gelatinous, colloid or mucinous content. Ganglia located at the dorsum of the foot or the wrist, and those close to the interphalangeal articulation... | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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