Esclerose tuberosa com envolvimento pulmonar

Pacientes com esclerose múltipla apresentam baixos níveis de empatia

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, demyelinating, autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. This condition typically affects young adults and accompanies them throughout life. Psychological and psychiatric comorbidities like depression, anxiety and social isolation are often reported in patients with this disease1. Demyelination can occur in several areas of the central nervous syste...

Fuzzy angel: uma arquitetura distribuída de telemedicina para monitoramento de pacientes com esclerose lateral amiotrófica

Treatment of pulmonary actinomycosis with levofloxacin* Tratamento da actinomicose pulmonar com levofloxacina

Actinomycosis is a chronic suppurative bacterial infection characterized by multiple abscesses, fistulous pathways, and fibrosis involving the face, neck, chest, and abdomen. It is caused by an anaerobic Gram-positive saprophytic bacterium (Actinomyces). Primary actinomycosis of the lung is a rare disease that probably results from aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. It can present as a chr...

Pulmonary rehabilitation programs for patients with COPD* Programas de reabilitação pulmonar em pacientes com DPOC

Pulmonary rehabilitation programs are aimed at providing benefits to COPD patients, in various aspects. Our objective was to review the literature on COPD patient rehabilitation. This systematic review involved articles written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese; published between 2005 and 2009; and indexed in national and international databases. Articles were classified in accordance with the...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with sensitive findings: A multisystem disorder? Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica com achados sensitivos: Uma doença Multisistêmica?

Relato de Caso Recebido em: 01/08/08 Aceito em: 14/11/08 Conflito de interesses: não Study performed at Neuromuscular Disease Outpatient Division – Federal Fluminense University UFF. Antônio Pedro University Hospital – HUAP, Niterói-RJ, Brazil. 1. Professor Titular de Neurologia, Coordenador da Pós-Graduação em Neurologia|Neurociências – UFF, Niterói-RJ, Brasil. 2. Professor Titular de Reabilit...