Browsing by Subject "AIDS"

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    • Adolescents growing with HIV/AIDS: experiences of the transition from pediatrics to adult care 

      Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP]; Galano, Eliana [UNIFESP]; Succi, Regina Celia de Menezes [UNIFESP]; Vieira, Carla Maria; Turato, Egberto Ribeiro (Elsevier Brazil, 2016)
      The main objective of this work is to describe the formation of the Transition Adolescent Clinic (TAC) and understand the process of transitioning adolescents with HIV/AIDS from pediatric to adult care, from the vantage ...

    • Alterações metabólicas da síndrome lipodistrófica do HIV 

      Valente, Angélica Marques Martins [UNIFESP]; Reis, André Fernandes [UNIFESP]; Machado, Daisy Maria [UNIFESP]; Succi, Regina Célia de Menezes [UNIFESP]; Chacra, Antonio Roberto [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, 2005-12-01)
      The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has reduced morbidity and mortality in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, prolonged treatment with combination regimens ...

    • Atypical disseminated leishmaniasis similar to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in a Brazilian AIDS patient infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi: a case report 

      Carnaúba Junior, Dimas; Konishi, Cassiana Tami; Petri, Valeria [UNIFESP]; Pedro Martinez, Isabel Cristina; Shimizu, Laura; Pereira-Chioccola, Vera Lucia (Elsevier B.V., 2009-11-01)
      We report the case of an atypical disseminated leishmaniasis with similar clinical characteristics to post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, an uncommon disease in South America. This occurred in a Brazilian patient with ...

    • Background and paroxystic activities on AIDS patients' EEG: relation with urea and creatinine seric concentration 

      Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do [UNIFESP]; Silva, Ademir Baptista [UNIFESP]; Coelho, João Fernando Guimbra Simões; Braga, Nádia Iandoli Oliveira; Accetturi, Conceicao Aparecida [UNIFESP]; Lima, José Geraldo de Camargo [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1998-09-01)
      The HIV is responsible for important metabolic and structural alterations of the brain. This affected brain must react to continuous systemic metabolic fluctuations. We search for possibly resulting cerebral electric ...

    • Capacidade Funcional de Idosos Portadores de HIV/AIDS: um estudo epidemiológico 

      Cruz, Gylce Eloisa Cabreira Panitz [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2012)
      Objetivo: avaliar a capacidade funcional dos portadores de HIV/AIDS na faixa etária de 60 anos ou mais da cidade de Santos/SP. Método: descritivo, transversal e quantitativo, desenvolvido por inquérito epidemiológico ...

    • Características clínico-evolutivas de 134 pacientes com histoplasmose disseminada associada a SIDA no Estado do Ceará 

      Pontes, Lícia Borges; Leitão, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva [UNIFESP]; Lima, Gabrielle Gurgel; Gerhard, Emília Santiago; Fernandes, Thyago Araújo (Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 2010-02-01)
      INTRODUCTION: Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic in Ceará, disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) has often been detected among AIDS patients. METHODS: In order to investigate the clinical and laboratory characteristics, ...

    • Case report. Histoplasmosis in an AIDS paediatric patient 

      Cimerman, S.; Sokolowski, W.; Goncalves, SEC; Lins, MSD; Colombo, A. L. (Blackwell Wissenschafts-verlag Gmbh, 1999-11-01)
      Histoplasmosis has been little reported among HIV-infected children. We report a case of a 4-year old boy with AIDS who presented with disseminated histoplasmosis diagnosed by lung biopsy. the patient had a good clinical ...

    • Cerebrospinal fluid syndromes in HIV-positive patients with acute consciousness compromise 

      Batista, Marcus Sabry Azar [UNIFESP]; Sesso, Ricardo de Castro Cintra [UNIFESP]; Reis-Filho, João Batista dos [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, 1999-12-01)
      We reviewed the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) syndromes of 100 consecutive HIV-positive patients presenting acute consciousness compromise in emergency rooms, and correlated them with clinical data. The most frequent CSF ...

    • Clinical implications of autoantibodies in HIV infection 

      Massaki, Paulo Sergio [UNIFESP]; Accetturi, Conceicao Aparecida [UNIFESP]; Nishie, I. A.; Silva, Neusa Pereira da [UNIFESP]; Sato, Emília Inoue [UNIFESP]; Andrade, Luís E. C [UNIFESP] (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997-12-01)
      Objective: To study the frequency and specificity of autoantibodies in HIV-infected subjects and their association with rheumatic manifestations, immunodeficiency, and prognosis.Design: Prospective study of sequentially ...

    • A comparison of symptom prevalence in far advanced cancer, AIDS, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and renal disease 

      Solano, Joao Paulo [UNIFESP]; Gomes, Barbara; Higginson, Irene J. (Elsevier B.V., 2006-01-01)
      Little attention has been paid to the symptom management needs of Patients with life-threatening diseases other than cancer. in this study, we aimed to determine to what extent patients with progressive chronic diseases ...