Publications by authors named "Jessica N Ferreira"
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Several heart conditions have been associated with CKD, including myocardial and pericardial diseases. This paper describes a case of Dialysis-related constrictive pericarditis in a patient diagnosed with sudden hypotension during a hemodialysis session.
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- The study focused on acute kidney injury (AKI) in COVID-19 patients in a Brazilian ICU, analyzing data from 95 patients with a median age of 64.9 years and a predominance of males (64.2%).
- It found that 56.8% of the patients had AKI, with a significant number (59.2%) requiring hemodialysis and a mortality rate of 17.9%.
- Key risk factors for developing AKI included hypertension, the need for mechanical ventilation, and age over 65, while AKI itself was identified as an independent risk factor for increased mortality.
Unlabelled: COVID-19 is a severe disease that has reached pandemic status. To the best of our knowledge, we describe the first case of COVID-19 and cytomegalovirus (CMV) co-infection in a critically ill patient. We discuss the challenge of establishing the diagnosis as well as the management of tissue-invasive gastrointestinal CMV infection (TI-GI CMV) simulating vascular involvement and intestinal obstruction in a critically ill patient.
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