Association between COVID-19 and the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Portugal - a registry study.

Background: Viral respiratory infections may precipitate type 1 diabetes (T1D). A possible association between the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19, and the incidence of T1D is being determined. This study was carried out using Portuguese registries, aiming at examining temporal trends between COVID-19 and T1D.

Antibiotic surveillance on a paediatric intensive care unit: easy attainable strategy at low costs and resources.

Background: Antibiotic surveillance is mandatory to optimise antibiotic therapy. Our objectives were to evaluate antibiotic use in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to implement a simple achievable intervention aimed at improving antibiotic therapy.

Method: Prospective, 3 months surveillance of antibiotic use on PICU (phase I) and evaluation according to the CDC 12-step campaign with development of an attainable intervention.

[Appropriateness of hospitalization in a ward of internal medicine--using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol].

Introduction: The Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) is an instrument to study the appropriate use of hospital beds based in objective criteria that classify a hospital admission as appropriate or inappropriate.

Object: Evaluate the appropriateness of hospital admissions and stays of the patients of our Internal Medicine Department using the concurrent version of AEP.

Method: Transversal study where was evaluated the clinical record of the patients admitted to our Department of Internal Medicine on March 13th of 2003, excluding all these who were admitted the day of the study.

Treatment of reiter's disease.

Two classical cases of Reiter's disease, one successfully treated with methotrexate and the other with sulphasalazine are reported.

Treatment of Reiter's disease.

Two classical cases of Reiter's disease, one successfully treated with methotrexate and the other with sulphasalazine are reported.