Medicina clinica
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Letter Case Reports
Massive deep venous thrombosis in a patient addicted to cocaine.
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Rabies represents a major public health issue for travellers because pretravel preexposure (PrEP) rabies vaccination is not routinely indicated. For those unvaccinated, adequate postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), including rabies immunoglobulin (RIG) if needed, is the only effective method to prevent this fatal disease. ⋯ Although indicated, most travellers did not receive RIG abroad, nor appropriate first doses of PEP. Clinicians should be aware of the importance of appropriate PrEP in selected individuals.
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Review Comparative Study
Whole body FDG-PET/CT for the assessment of bone marrow infiltration in patients with newly diagnosed lymphoma.
Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and bone marrow biopsy are currently the common clinical examination of lymphoma infiltration. The aim of this research is to evaluate the value of PET-CT in diagnosis of bone marrow infiltration, clinical staging and pathological typing of lymphoma. ⋯ PET-CT is significant in detecting bone marrow infiltration in certain pathological types of lymphoma. However pathological inconsistencies still exist between bone marrow biopsy and PET-CT, thus PET-CT cannot completely replace biopsy.
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Observational Study
Role of antiplatelet therapy in the development of intracranial bleeding after mild traumatic brain injury.
The use of antiplatelet agents is increasing, mainly in elderly patients in whom cranial trauma is a frequent reason for consultation to the emergency department. In this context, discordances have been described regarding the increased risk of post-traumatic injury that involves taking antiplatelet drugs. Therefore, the objective of this present study was to analyse factors associated with intracranial bleeding after mild brain trauma. ⋯ Antiplatelet therapy emerges as a risk factor for intracranial bleeding after mild head trauma, in addition to other known factors.