Publications by authors named "Susana Pinto Silva"
Article Synopsis
- - 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.
Purpose: To evaluate two-year mortality predictors in all subtypes of fragility fractures.
Methods: Medical records review, single-center study with Portuguese patients with fragility fractures; A univariate analysis, with chi-square for categorical variables and parametric t-student and non-parametric Wilcoxon tests for continuous variables, was performed. Posteriorly, a survival analysis, with subsequent Cox regression was conducted to establish independent risk factors/ predictors of two-year mortality in fragility fractures.