Publications by authors named "C M Furtado"
In Portugal, constitutional and legal norms stipulate that the healthcare system should be organized to ensure equity in access to healthcare. To guarantee this objective, it is usually assumed that individuals from different socio-economic groups presenting equal levels of need should have access to the same level of care. The present narrative review describes current knowledge on this topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigated the distribution, sources, and ecological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the surface sediments of the Western Bay of Bengal (WBoB). Coastal, shelf and slope sediments from the WBoB, collected from different research cruises, were analysed for 16 priority PAH pollutants. Total PAHs (TPAHs) were in the range of 1.
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- Epilepsy, affecting over 50 million people globally, is characterized by seizures, and this study investigates its impact on the estrous cycle in female rats during acoustic stimulation.
- Wistar rats generally showed no significant changes in their estrous cycles or seizure episodes, while Wistar Audiogenic Rats (WAR) displayed irregular cycles, particularly under kindling conditions, leading to prolonged diestrus periods and increased seizure behaviors.
- The findings suggest that chronic audiogenic seizures in WAR females disrupt the normal estrous cycle, resulting in a pattern similar to pseudopregnancy, with diestrus arrests lasting around 10-12 days.
Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) involve the laboratory manipulation of gametes and embryos to help couples with fertility problems become pregnant. One of these procedures controlled ovarian stimulation uses pharmacological agents to induce ovarian and follicular maturation in vivo. Despite the effectiveness in achieving pregnancy and live births, some patients may have complications due to over-response to gonadotropins and develop ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).
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- - The study aimed to identify factors that predict the occurrence of myositis in patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) using a large, multicenter analysis of adult-onset cases.
- - Out of 98 patients studied, nearly 44% had myositis, with a significant portion experiencing it at onset, and common symptoms included proximal muscle weakness and gastrointestinal/respiratory involvement.
- - Independent predictors for myositis included fever, African ancestry, leukopenia at onset, and younger age at diagnosis, suggesting these should be considered in clinical evaluations for myositis in MCTD patients.