Publications by authors named "Carla C Ferreira"
Article Synopsis
- Hypophosphatemia can lead to serious health issues, with symptoms ranging from fatigue to potentially life-threatening conditions like severe rhabdomyolysis and changes in mental status.
- Long-term effects of this condition include osteomalacia, a bone disorder that can lead to fractures.
- The article highlights cases of hypophosphatemia in patients receiving repeated infusions of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) for chronic iron deficiency anemia, emphasizing the need for greater awareness of this side effect associated with FCM.
Objective: To compare the 2-year retention rate between a second tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitor (TNFi) and secukinumab (SEK) or ustekinumab (UST), in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients with previous inadequate response to their first TNFi.
Methods: Prospective longitudinal cohort study with a follow-up period of 2 years using the Nationwide Portuguese Reuma.pt database.
Methotrexate is recommended as the first choice of standard drug therapy following the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Pneumonitis related to methotrexate is a serious, unpredictable adverse event that may become life-threatening. We reported a case of a 68-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis that misunderstood the directions for use and took methotrexate daily, instead of weekly, leading to hepatic, hematological, and pulmonary toxicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKnobloch syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with early-onset ocular abnormalities and central nervous system malformations. Ocular abnormalities are usually severe, and include high myopia, vitreoretinal degeneration, retinal detachment, macular abnormalities, and cataract. The most frequent systemic changes are midline malformations of the brain, ventricular dilation, and occipital encephalocele.
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