The age at which women have their first child is increasing. This change represents a major health problem to society because advanced maternal age is related with a decay in fertility and an increase in the incidence of a variety of pregnancy complications and offspring health issues. The ovary stands as the main contributor for female reproductive ageing because of the progressive age-related decrease in foll...
Introdução: A análise de bases de dados administrativas, consistindo em codificação hospitalar, é uma importante ferramenta para melhorar o conhecimento e a gestão de cuidados de saúde. Através destas, é possível avaliar tendências e proceder à monitorização e avaliação de resultados. Métodos: O presente relatório é resultante de um protocolo de colaboração entre a Sociedade Portuguesa de Angiologia e Cirurgia ...
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death around the world; however, many CVD events could be prevented if we focused on modification of the main risk factors. Increased salt consumption is estimated to have caused millions of deaths, mostly related to CVD, particularly stroke, which is the leading cause of death in Portugal. In our study, we aim to assess trends in the proportion o...
BACKGROUND:Two key limitations hamper intervention research in bronchiolitis: the absence of a clear definition of disease, and the heterogeneous choice of outcome measures in current clinical trials. We assessed how paediatricians and general practitioners (GPs) perceived definition and clinically important outcomes in bronchiolitis. METHODS:A nationwide online survey (ABBA study) was conducted through the Por...