Publications by authors named "Pedro Bernardes Antunes"
Article Synopsis
- Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is a serious medical issue that's hard to treat, especially when corticosteroids don’t work; infliximab is an alternative treatment but its best induction method isn't clear yet.* -
- This case series discusses three patients who were resistant to corticosteroids and received different accelerated infliximab induction strategies with positive outcomes, including improved patient conditions and normalized colon imaging.* -
- While these intensified infliximab approaches show promise, current guidelines suggest their use without providing a definitive optimal regimen due to insufficient solid evidence, with most supporting studies being retrospective and varied in severity among subjects.*
The sentinel polyp: high-grade sarcoma revealed after colonic polypectomy.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
September 2023
An 87-year-old man presented with malaise, anorexia and postprandial vomiting for 3 days. At presentation the patient was hypotensive and tachycardic, without any other relevant findings. Laboratory workout showed a normocytic normochromic anemia of 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 39-year-old female was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBD-U) in 2011, during the post-partum period, after developing chronic bloody diarrhea and marked weight loss. She underwent colonoscopy showing erosive ileitis and pancolitis. Biopsies were compatible with unspecified chronic ileocolitis.
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