Impact of baseline abnormal liver enzymes in the outcome of COVID-19 infection.

Background: Little is known about the significance of liver function tests (LFT) abnormalities in COVID-19 and their impact on disease outcomes. The aims of the study were to evaluate abnormalities of LFT in patients with COVID-19 and their impact on disease severity, mortality, and correlation with leukocyte markers of inflammation.

Methods: All patients with COVID-19 admitted to the emergency department (ED) of a single reference center were retrospectively evaluated.

Leukocyte ratios are useful early predictors for adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infection.

Leukocyte biomarkers, including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte-(MLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR) ratios and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) have been associated with severity and mortality of patients with COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of baseline leukocyte biomarkers calculated in the emergency department (ED) with the disease severity and mortality. This was a retrospective cohort study that evaluated 1,535 (mean age 57+18 years) patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the ED of a single reference center.

LATE IMPACT OF THE LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS WITH SEGMENTAL COLORECTAL RESECTION.

Background: Deep infiltrating colorectal endometriosis may severely affect the quality of life and fertility of patients. Although segmental resection is a therapeutic option that provides positive outcomes in the management of symptoms, its functional effects are still unproven.

Aim: Assess the late impact of the laparoscopic approach in treating deep infiltrating endometriosis with segmental colorectal resection.

Solitary Fibrous Tumors of the Orbit and Central Nervous System: A Case Series Analysis.

Introduction: Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is rarely diagnosed in clinical practice. Since its initial descriptions in the central nervous system (CNS) and the orbits, very few case reports and small case series have expanded their clinical and pathological characterization. We sought to describe a cases series of SFT from a single laboratory of neuropathology belonging to a tertiary university hospital.

[Satisfação com o Internato Médico em Portugal].

Introduction: In the last years, the global context of medical education and Medical Residency programs in Portugal suffered substantial changes. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate and characterize medical residents ́ satisfaction with medical residency programs in Portugal and to identify features that could be improved.

Material And Methods: We utilized as model the survey Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure that has been developed in the United Kingdom and is speci cally targeted to medical residents.

Sphenoid Wing en plaque meningiomas: Surgical results and recurrence rates.

Background: Sphenoid wing en plaque meningiomas are a subgroup of meningiomas defined by its particular sheet-like dural involvement and its disproportionately large bone hyperostosis. En plaque meningiomas represent 2-9% of all meningiomas and they are mainly located in the sphenoid wing. Total surgical resection is difficult and therefore these tumors have high recurrence rates.

Orbital lymphangiomas: surgical treatment and clinical outcomes.

Background: Orbital lymphangiomas (OL) are rare benign lesions that represent less than 4% of all space-occupying orbital lesions. Total surgical resection is usually difficult because of its infiltrative nature. Our objective was to analyze the indications for surgical treatment, the selection of surgical approach, and the clinical outcome after surgical treatment of OL.

[Benign fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial complex with aneurysmal bone cyst formation].

Aneurysmal bone cyst are controversial osteolytic benign expansive lesions which occur more frequently in the metaphysis of long bones and spine. They are classified as primary or secondary lesions depending on the presence or absence of an associated bone pathology. The engraftment of aneurysmal bone cyst onto benign fibro-osseous lesions is established.

[Prevention of HIV vertical transmission: obstetricians' attitude in Salvador, Brazil].

Purpose: to evaluate the attitudes and knowledge of obstetricians from public maternities in Salvador city (PMS) about the recommendations from the Health Ministry (HM) for the prophylaxis of vertical transmission of HIV (VTH) and antiretroviral therapy in pregnant women. The influence of working conditions, availability for quick testing and antiretroviral therapy has also been evaluated concerning the application of these recommendations.

Methodology: a transversal study from August to November 2005, involving 129/152 (85%) of the obstetricians from all the PMS.