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The future of small farms and small food businesses as actors in regional food ...
Ortiz-Miranda, D; Moreno-Perez, O; Arnalte Mur, L; Cerrada Serra, P; Martinex Gomez, V; Adolph, B; Atela, J; Ayambila S; Baptista, I; Barbu, ROutcomes of 13 participatory foresight workshops are compared. Small farms' and businesses' contribution to food security is important in three of the four considered scenarios. Concerns on small farms and food businesses relate to the broader rural setting. Weak collective action will hamper the adaptive capacity of small farms.
Can an intradialytic snack model compensate the catabolic impact of hemodialysis?
Martins, VS; Adragao, T; Aguiar, L; Fortes, A; Costa, O; Borges, Nuno; Calhau, C; Macario, FBackground and aims: Hemodialysis (HD) has a catabolic effect caused by alterations in protein metabolism, increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) and protein needs due to inflammation, HD circuit blood and heat losses, protein losses to dialysate and HD filter membrane biocompatibility. We aim to determine, as a proof of concept, whether a standardized intradialytic snack model is adequate to compensate t...
Results of Endovascular Procedures Performed in Dysfunctional Arteriovenous Acc...
Machado, S; Ferreira, S; Lucas, C; Gil, C; Fortes, A; Neves, FAim. Percutaneous endovascular procedures have become the standard treatment of arteriovenous fistulae and graft stenosis. This study evaluates the immediate results of angiographic procedures performed by nephrologists in patients with dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulae and arteriovenous graft stenosis. Patients and Methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on patients referred to the three Interventio...
Results of Endovascular Procedures Performed in Dysfunctional Arteriovenous Acc...
Machado, S; Ferreira, A; Lucas, C; Gil, C; Fortes, A; Neves, FAim. Percutaneous endovascular procedures have become the standard treatment of arteriovenous fistulae and graft stenosis. This study evaluates the immediate results of angiographic procedures performed by nephrologists in patients with dysfunctional arteriovenous fistulae and arteriovenous graft stenosis. Patients and Methods. A retrospective analysis was performed on patients referred to the three Interventio...
Tuberculosis and hypercalcemia.
Santos, J M; Monteiro, P; Fortes, A; Silva, E; Barbosa, M A; da Palma-Carlos, A GThe authors present a case of disseminated tuberculosis in a patient under dialysis with endstage renal disease. Fever, nocturnal sweating, anorexia, asthenia, ascites, lymph node involvement and granulomatous involvement of the bone marrow were observed. In the twenty nine months of renal failure which preceded the beginning of the tuberculosis, serum calcium levels were normal or low-normal and there was a se...