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COVID-19 surveillance

Funding Information: The present publication was funded by Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Ricoca Peixoto, Vieira, Aguiar, Sentis, Carvalho, Rhys Thomas, Abrantes and Nunes.; Introduction: In Portugal, COVID-19 laboratory notifications, clinical notifications (CNs), and epidemiological investigation questionnaires (EI) were...

Difference in determinants of ICU admission and death among COVID-19 hospitaliz...

Copyright © 2023 Ricoca Peixoto, Vieira, Aguiar, Carvalho, Thomas, Sousa, Nunes and Abrantes.; AIM: Identify factors associated with COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death among hospitalized cases in Portugal, and variations from the first to the second wave in Portugal, March-December 2020. INTRODUCTION: Determinants of ICU admission and death for COVID-19 need further understanding and may cha...

Excess mortality since COVID-19

Physical distancing and mental well-being in youth population of Portugal and B...

Funding Information: This paper was made possible with the scholarship from FCT and to the Unidade de I&D CHRC – Comprehensive Health Research Centre (UI/BD/150908/2021). Also to CAPES (Code 001) and CNPQ (Research Productivity Scholarship Process 304483/2018-4). The databases are anonymous, guaranteeing data confidentiality. Funding Information: Fundação para a ciência e tecnologia (FCT) and the Unidade de I&D...

Como melhorar o acesso a dados de vigilância epidemiológica e registos de saúde...

Determinants for hospitalisations, intensive care unit admission and death amon...

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.; Background: Determinants of hospitalisation, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death are still unclear for COVID-19. Few studies have adjusted for confounding for different clinical outcomes including all reported cases within a country. Aim: We used routine surveillance data from Portugal to ident...

Years of life lost by COVID-19 in Portugal and comparison with other European c...

Funding Information: The present publication was funded by NOVA National School of Public Health and Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).; Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been measured in different metrics, mostly by counting deaths and its impact on health services. Few studies have attempted to calcul...

Avaliação inicial do impacto das medidas de confinamento do estado de emergênci...

Introduction: Portugal took early action to control the COVID-19 epidemic, initiating lockdown measures on March 16th when it recorded only 62 cases of COVID-19 per million inhabitants and reported no deaths. The Portuguese public complied quickly, reducing their overall mobility by 80%. The aim of this study was to estimate the initial impact of the lockdown in Portugal in terms of the reduction of the burden ...

Rapid estimation of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.; BACKGROUND: One month after the first COVID-19 infection was recorded, Portugal counted 18,051 cases and 599 deaths from COVID-19. To understand the overall impact on mortality of the pandemic of COVID-19, we estimated the excess mortality registered in Portugal during the first month of the epidemic, from March 16 until April 14 using two diff...

Born Preterm

Background: Prematurity accounts for about 10.6% of neonates worldwide and tends to increase as does survival from lower gestational ages. Summary: The importance of preterm birth in public health stems from its link to infant and under-5 mortality, morbidity, and its economic impact. In both the short and long term, preterm birth consequences are inversely related with gestational age and carry a higher risk o...