J Clin Med
March 2020
Division of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in hospitalized patients, which is associated with worse short and long-term outcomes. It is crucial to develop methods to identify patients at risk for AKI and to diagnose subclinical AKI in order to improve patient outcomes. The advances in clinical informatics and the increasing availability of electronic medical records have allowed for the development of artificial intelligence predictive models of risk estimation in AKI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Med Port
March 2020
Departamento de Obstetrícia, Ginecologia e Medicina de Reprodução. Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte. Lisboa. Portugal.
Pneumothorax is an infrequent complication of laparoscopic surgery. Most cases occur during upper abdominal surgery, since a head-down position (Trendelenburg) pushes the liver and peritoneum against the diaphragm, reducing gas release. When it is due to CO2 diffusion across congenital diaphragmatic defects, it usually resolves itself spontaneously after de-insufflation of the pneumoperitoneum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiography (Lond)
May 2020
Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet), Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo, Norway; Department of Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address:
Introduction: The focus on paediatric radiation dose reduction supports reevaluation of paediatric imaging protocols. This is particularly important in the neonates where chest radiographs are frequently requested to assess respiratory illness and line placement. This study aims to assess the impact of neonatal chest radiographic protocols on patient dose in four hospitals in different countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrob Resist Infect Control
February 2020
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety - Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
Background: The burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are available regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) process indicators in these countries. We evaluated hand hygiene (HH) facilities and compliance amongst healthcare workers (HCW) in a 600-bed healthcare facility in Northcentral Nigeria providing tertiary care service for a catchment population of about 20 million.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
April 2020
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital Santa Maria/Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Background: Ischemic stroke is a frequent neurologic complication of infective endocarditis. This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of thrombectomy in comparison to thrombolysis and to combined treatment in patients with infective endocarditis associated acute ischemic stroke.
Methods: A systematic literature review was performed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
December 2019
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
Background: Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training, using a "Train-the-Trainers" (TTT) concept for IPC professionals and assess its impact on hand hygiene knowledge in six countries.
Methods: We developed a three-day simulation-based TTT course based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
January 2020
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
The original article [1] contained a misspelling in author, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues's name which has since been corrected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Dermatol
May 2020
Dermatology and Venereology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Nefrologia (Engl Ed)
September 2021
Division of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal.
Background: AKI is frequent in critically ill patients, in whom the leading cause of AKI is sepsis. The role of intrarenal and systemic inflammation appears to be significant in the pathophysiology of septic-AKI. The neutrophils to lymphocytes and platelets (N/LP) ratio is an indirect marker of inflammation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Dermatolog Treat
November 2021
LEO Pharma A/S, Ballerup, Denmark.
Purpose: To compare the short-term cost and effectiveness of calcipotriol/betamethasone dipropionate (Cal/BD) cutaneous foam against nonbiologic systemics in psoriasis patients for whom oral systemic or topical therapy is considered appropriate in seven European countries.
Methods: Matching-adjusted indirect comparisons of four-week PASI-75 responses of Cal/BD foam were performed versus 12-week responses of methotrexate, acitretin, fumaric acid esters (FAE) and 16-week responses of apremilast. Analyses took a payer perspective and included drug, physician visit and monitoring costs.
Trials
January 2020
Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
Int J Antimicrob Agents
March 2020
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal and Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain; Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI), Madrid, Spain. Electronic address:
The STEP surveillance study was designed to increase knowledge about distribution of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Portugal, focusing on the intensive care unit (ICU). Antimicrobial susceptibility of common agents was also evaluated and compared with that of one of the latest therapeutic introductions, ceftolozane-tazobactam (C/T). Clinical isolates of Enterobacterales (n=426) and P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuture Sci OA
November 2019
Neurology Unit, Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain.
Aim: To determine the utility of TNF-α receptor (TNFR1) as a biomarker for the presence of aneurysms in patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
Patient & Methods: This is a prospective study in patients with acute spontaneous SAH. Arterial blood from catheter near aneurysm and peripheral venous blood samples are collected.
JAMA Cardiol
March 2020
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Cruz-Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.
Importance: Approximately one-third of patients considered for coronary revascularization have diabetes, which is a major determinant of clinical outcomes, often influencing the choice of the revascularization strategy. The usefulness of fractional flow reserve (FFR) to guide treatment in this population is understudied and has been questioned.
Objective: To evaluate the usefulness and rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) of integrating FFR in management decisions for patients with diabetes who undergo coronary angiography.
J Nurs Manag
April 2020
Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Aim: To explore undergraduate student's preparation for leadership roles upon registration.
Background: Effective leadership is vital when promoting positive workplace cultures and high-quality care provision. However, newly registered nurses are not always well-prepared for leadership roles.
J Med Genet
May 2020
Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Background: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), a genetically heterogeneous condition enriched in some consanguineous populations, results from recessive mutations affecting cilia biogenesis and motility. Currently, diagnosis requires multiple expert tests.
Methods: The diagnostic utility of multigene panel next-generation sequencing (NGS) was evaluated in 161 unrelated families from multiple population ancestries.
Amyloid
June 2020
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is a rare life-threatening disease that imposes considerable mortality and morbidity associated with increased costs, high social support and productivity losses. This study aims to estimate the societal costs and burden of ATTRv-PN. A cost-of-illness (COI) and burden of disease model were specified from a societal perspective, using a prevalence-based approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuroimage Clin
September 2020
Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address:
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders with both sporadic and genetic forms. Mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) are a common cause of genetic FTD, causing either a behavioural presentation or, less commonly, language impairment. Presence on T2-weighted images of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) has been previously shown to be more commonly associated with GRN mutations rather than other forms of FTD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGE Port J Gastroenterol
October 2019
Gastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex disease that should be treated by experienced teams of gastroenterologists, radiologists, surgeons, and nutritionists in a multidisciplinary environment. Medical treatment includes lifestyle modification, nutrition, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency correction, and pain management. Up to 60% of patients will ultimately require some type of endoscopic or surgical intervention for treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGE Port J Gastroenterol
October 2019
Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed)
September 2019
Unidade de Insuficiência Cardíaca, Serviço de Medicina III, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal; NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Syncope is defined as a transient loss of consciousness due to global cerebral hypoperfusion and is one of the leading causes of emergency department admission. The initial approach should focus on excluding non-syncopal causes for loss of consciousness and risk stratification for cardiac cause, in order to ensure an appropriate etiological investigation and therapeutic approach. Vasovagal syncope (VVS), the most common type of syncope, should be assumed once other causes are excluded.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur Ann Allergy Clin Immunol
January 2020
Allergy Unit, Pedro Hispano Hospital, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Pulmonology
June 2021
Direção Geral da Saúde, Instituto da Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Pneumonia remains one of the most important causes of mortality. In Portugal, it is the first cause of respiratory death, excluding lung cancer. This is a retrospective cohort study designed to seek for explanations, identifying the characteristics of patients and measure the impact of each one of them on the risk of dying from pneumonia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParkinsonism Relat Disord
December 2019
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal; CNS - Campus Neurológico Sénior, Torres Vedras, Portugal; Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address:
Background: Exercise therapy is becoming extremely relevant as a new efficacious intervention in multiple medical fields. Although several clinical trials have reported benefits of exercise therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD), recommendations and prescriptions for its use in clinical practice remain limited.
Objectives: To evaluate the methodological quality and publication rate of clinical trials on exercise therapy for PD.
Cancer Med
January 2020
Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Understanding the global impact of medulloblastoma on health related quality of life (HRQL) is critical to characterizing the broad impact of this disease and realizing the benefits of modern treatments. We evaluated HRQL in an international cohort of pediatric medulloblastoma patients.
Methods: Seventy-six patients were selected from 10 sites across North America, Europe, and Asia, who participated in the Medulloblastoma Advanced Genomics International Consortium (MAGIC).
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