Publications by authors named "Lorena Vasconcelos Mesquita Martiniano"
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- The study aimed to evaluate cases of nonsexual violence against children and adolescents at a university hospital over a 15-year period, analyzing various factors such as types of violence and patients' demographics.
- Out of 295,993 patients, 240 (0.1%) were diagnosed with nonsexual violence, with the majority being children (61.7%), and the most common forms identified were negligence (65.0%), physical violence (25.8%), and psychological/emotional aggression (21.7%).
- The findings revealed significant differences in referral sources, with more children being referred from emergency departments compared to adolescents, indicating varied patterns of violence detection and reporting between these age groups.
Background: This study aimed to evaluate renal function before, during, and after the course of tuberculosis (TB) disease in kidney transplant recipients, and assess the risk factors for non-recovery of baseline renal function.
Methods: We performed a retrospective, single-center cohort study, including all patients with confirmed or presumed TB diagnosis after kidney transplant (n=34, 2.1%).
Acute kidney injury due to excessive and prolonged intramuscular injection of veterinary supplements containing vitamins A, D and E: A series of 16 cases.
Nefrologia
April 2018
Background: Despite well-documented risks, injectable supplements containing high doses of vitamins are commonly used.
Objectives: To describe acute kidney injury (AKI) as a complication of vitamin intoxication.
Methods: Our series consisted of 16 patients with kidney complications resulting from the use of veterinary intramuscular injection supplements of vitamin A, D and E.
This is a case series of 10 consecutive renal allograft recipients, followed at a tertiary hospital in northeast Brazil, with a confirmed diagnosis of dengue. Five of the patients needed hospitalization. Half of them were males and age ranged from 19 to 60 years with a median of 38.
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