4 results match your criteria: "Oporto Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Open Heart
December 2023
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the status of training of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) cardiologists in Europe.
Methods: A questionnaire was sent to ACHD cardiologists from 34 European countries.
Results: Representatives from 31 of 34 countries (91%) responded.
J Crit Care
October 2015
Hospital de Santo António-Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalentes, Oporto Medical Center, University of Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address:
Purpose: To evaluate long-term outcomes among a population of very old patients (≥80years) after nonelective intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
Methods: A retrospective study of very old patients admitted to a mixed ICU between 2006 and 2012 was conducted. A detailed description was made; functional status was assessed through the modified Rankin Scale and quality of life through EQ-5D-3L.
BMJ Case Rep
April 2014
NICU, Júlio Dinis Maternity, Oporto Medical Center, Oporto, Portugal.
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of hereditary diseases characterised by deficiency of enzymes involved in proteins glycosylation. We describe the clinical case of a neonate with CDG type 1a, nowadays designated phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2)-CDG. Physical examination showed an abnormal facies, axial hypotonia, abnormal fat distribution, inverted nipples, non-palpable testicles and arachnodactyly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransplant Proc
May 2011
Department of Anesthesiology, Oporto Medical Center, Porto, Portugal.
Background: Organ donation during life is an act of great altruism, with unique family, social, economic, and psychological impacts. The group of anesthesiologists involved in this program sought to assess the degree of satisfaction among kidney donors between 2007 and 2008 and, in particular, with the anesthetic approach.
Methods: A telephone survey of kidney donors in 2007 and 2008 complemented a retrospective evaluation of the records of the Acute Pain Unit.