Publications by authors named "I Azevedo"
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant health challenge globally and in Portugal. Diagnostic challenges persist, especially in infants, where TB often presents with atypical symptoms. A previously healthy three-month-old male infant from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, was admitted with cough, rhinorrhea, respiratory distress, and high-grade fever.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lung auscultation using a smartphone built-in microphone is promising for home monitoring of pediatric respiratory diseases. Our aim was to compare respiratory sounds recorded by a smartphone and a digital stethoscope by assessing the proportion of quality recordings and adventitious sounds detected by each device.
Methods: A comparative early feasibility study with children from a public school in Northern Portugal was conducted.
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- This study examines how cardiovascular responses (like heart rate and blood pressure) can help predict the outcomes for children with acute acquired brain injury (ABI) who are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
- The research included 72 children, where significant associations were found between conditions like tachycardia and abnormal blood pressure levels and their likelihood of mortality.
- The findings suggest that the Poincaré SD1/SD2 ratio may be a useful tool for predicting mortality in these patients, indicating the need for larger studies to confirm these results.
Background: The Parque Estadual do Forno Grande is a fully protected area in the southern Espírito Santo State, Brazil. It belongs to the Atlantic Forest domain, with predominantly dense, ombrophilous, seasonal semi-deciduous forests and herbaceous/shrubby vegetation on rock outcrops. The area is recognised as highly important for conservation, designated as a priority biological area for protecting the Atlantic Forest's biodiversity.
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