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A fatal attack on a child by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
(2011-03-01)
We describe a fatal attack by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) on an 11-year-old child with comments on the reptile's aggression mechanisms and the conditions under which this kind of incident takes place in the Amazon ...
Invasive enteritis by Strongyloides stercoralis presenting as acute abdominal distress under corticosteroid therapy.
(2001-07-01)
Overwhelming helminthiasis is still a problem in endemic areas, especially in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of invasive intestinal strongyloidiasis that was clinically expressed as acute abdominal distress ...
The long-term outcome after acute kidney injury: a narrative review
(Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2015-03-01)
This review will focus on long-term outcomes after acute kidney injury (AKI). Surviving AKI patients have a higher late mortality compared with those admitted without AKI. Recent studies have claimed that long-term mortality ...
The long-term outcome after acute kidney injury: a narrative review
(Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2015)
Acute liver failure as presentation of adult T-cell leukemia in an HTLV-1 patient
(Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú, 2018)
Acute liver failure is the development of severe hepatic injury with deterioration of liver synthesis function and encephalopathy. Among all the variety of causes, neoplastic infiltration represents less than 0.5%. We ...