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Wilson Shcolnik; Adagmar AndrioloJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):226DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170034 For some years now, spending on health care and pensions has been one of the major economic concerns in most countries. Public and private resources employed in health care range from 6% to 12% of the gross domestic product (GDP), with some exceptions, such as […]
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Andressa C. Castilhos; Bianca T. Canci; Márcia K. Alves; Karen Olívia B. GoulartJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):227-232DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170035 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an inherited condition associated with excessive iron storage. Its strong presence is underestimated because patients are asymptomatic. In the city of Caxias do Sul (RS), due to the higher frequency of
Hereditary hemochromatosis: study of laboratory alterations related to polymorphism Read More »
Márlon S. P. Rodrigues; Claudio L. Souza; Márcio V. OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):233-239DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170036 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Test repetitions are an age-old practice common to clinical laboratories used primarily for confirmation of results. However, knowing the history of patients, the repetitions become avoidable. They impair the time to release results, increase input consumption, and cost
Daniely M. Silva; Eulina Maria N. Menezes; Emerson V. Silva; Thaís A. C. LamounierJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):240-245DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170037 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The leading cause of hospital-acquired infections are the pathogens named by the acronym ESKAPE, which are the initials for the following bacterial: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter spp., which have high
Marcia Jorge Castejon; Rosemeire Yamashiro; Camila C. Oliveira; Elaine L. Oliveira; Edilene P. R. Silveira; Carmem Aparecida F. OliveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):246-251DOI; 10.5935/1676-2444.20170038 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Biological samples have long been used in multiple laboratory investigations, and this procedure has been an issue of concern, as the samples are submitted to repeated freeze-thaw cycles, which
Analúcia R. Xavier; Salim Kanaan; Ronielly P. Bozzi; Luiza V. AmaralJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):252-257DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170039 ABSTRACT Zika fever can be defined as an acute febrile viral illness, mainly transmitted by the mosquito of the genus Aedes. It makes a differential diagnosis from diseases caused by other flaviviruses, such as chikungunya and dengue fever.
Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of zika fever: an update Read More »
Andressa S. Santos; Naiane C. Bassani; Maiara A. Floriani; Paulo Renato Krahl Fell; Cristine Dietrich; Ernani B. Rosa; Jamile D. Correia; Paulo Ricardo G. Zen; Rafael Fabiano M. RosaJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):258-260DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170040 ABSTRACT We report the case of a fetus with mega-bladder and suspected lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO). The 20-week pregnancy
Marcos P. Santos; Thaiane A. Robeldo; Edwin David Castañeda; Ana Carolina Pagliarone; Karina N. Z. Pinto; Ricardo C. BorraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):261-269DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170041 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Tissue microarray (TMA) is considered an innovative method in several fields, with a great diversity of applications and advantages over traditional histomorphometric techniques. The most important advantage that TMA
Paulo Melo; Luis Jesuino Andrade; Fernando Elias Cruz; Emannuel ConradoJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):270-272DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170042 ABSTRACT We report a rare case of a 67-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting diffuse peritonitis secondary to spontaneous perforation of pyometra with obstructive acute abdomen. During laparotomy was performed subtotal abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The histopathology found the presence
Rafaella B. Leite; Mara Luana B. Severo; Patrícia T. Oliveira; Ana Miryan C. Medeiros; Carlos Augusto G. Barboza; Ericka Janine D. SilveiraJ. Bras. Patol. Med. Lab. 2017;53(4):273-275DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20170043 ABSTRACT Oral lymphoepithelial cyst (OLEC) is an uncommon lesion that develops in oral lymphoid tissue. The aim of the present study was to report a clinical case
Lymphoepithelial cyst on the tongue: case report at unusual location Read More »