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Chagas disease is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. The disease mainly affects the nervous system, digestive system and heart. The objective of this review is to revise the literature and summarize the main chronic gastrointestinal manifestations of Chagas disease. The chronic gastrointestinal manifestations of Chagas disease are mainly a result of enteric nervous system impairment caused by T. cruzi infection. The anatomical locations most commonly described to be affected by Chagas disease are salivary glands, esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, stomach, small intestine, colon, gallbladder and biliary tree. Chagas disease has also been studied in association with Helicobacter pylori infection, interstitial cells of Cajal and the incidence of gastrointestinal cancer.
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Humans , Chagas Disease/complications , Gastrointestinal Diseases/etiology , Chronic Disease , Gastrointestinal Diseases/classification , Gastrointestinal Diseases/diagnosisABSTRACT
As complicações relacionadas ao sistema respiratórias não são incomuns no pósoperatóriode operações de maior porte e aumentam a morbidade e mortalidade. Entre as maisfreqüentes estão a atelectasia, a pneumonia, o tromboembolismo pulmonar e a falência respiratória.No presente artigo são revisados resumidamente os aspectos gerais da fisiopatologia, aapresentação clínica, o diagnóstico e o manuseio clínico dessas entidades.
Complications related to respiratory system are not uncommon after majorsurgeries and increase morbidity and mortality. Among the most frequent are atelectasis, pneumonia,respiratory failure and pulmonary thromboembolism. In this article we revised in brief thegeneral aspects of pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and clinical management ofthese conditions.