Acquired-Transient Factor X Deficiency in a Teenager with Extensive Burns

Acquired factor X deficiency is an extremely rare situation. It has shown to be associated with systemic amyloidosis, respiratory mycoplasma infection, factor X inhibitors, antiphospholipid antibodies, vitamin K defi ciency/liver disease as well as the use of certain medications (meropenem, valproic acid). The pathogenesis and transient nature of this deficit remain poorly understood. The authors describe the case of a teenager hospitalised for extensive burns that developed active bleeding after removal of central venous catheter. He was diagnosed with transient factor X deficiency. Normalisation of coagulation status and factor X levels occurred spontaneously 10 days after the bleeding episode.

Rinite: Conhecimento Epidemiológico em Portugal

Nas últimas décadas verificou-se, nos paises Ocidentais, um aumento substancial na prevalência de rinite alérgica, sendo o subdiagnóstico e o subtratamento diliculdades acrescidas para a qualidade de vida dos doentes com esta doença inflamatória crónica.É objectivo deste trabalho de revisão, apresentar dados epidemiológicos nacionais referentes à prevalência de rinite, caracterizando alguns factores de risco, realçando-se o problema da falta de diagnóstico desta situação c1ínica tão prevalente no nosso pais.