Background: Renal graft injury is a challenging condition that can endanger function or become a life-threatening event. Although the most common cause of renal graft injury is trauma, some cases of injuries associated with surgical procedures have been described. Here, we present a case of a transplant patient who experienced a grade IV renal graft injury after an open oophorectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Maternal morbidity and mortality pose a significant impact on national public health, being medical attention of obstetric emergencies (OE) and non-emergencies (ONE) of capital importance.
Methods: Descriptive and epidemiologic analysis of OE/ONE at a 3rd level military echelon.
Results: During a 34-months span, 48 patients were approached at the emergency department (1.