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Small Bowel Enteroscopy - A Joint Clinical Guideline by the Spanish and Portugu...
Pérez-Cuadrado Robles, E; Pinho, R; González-Suárez, B; Mão-de-Ferro, S; Chagas, C; Esteban Delgado, P; Carretero, C; Figueiredo, P; Rosa, BThe present evidence-based guidelines are focused on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in the management of small-bowel diseases. A panel of experts selected by the Spanish and Portuguese small-bowel study groups reviewed the available evidence focusing on the main indications of this technique, its role in the management algorithm of each indication, and its diagnostic and therapeutic yield. A set of reco...
Interventional Algorithm in Gastrointestinal Bleeding-An Expert Consensus Multi...
Rodrigues, A; Carrilho, A; Almeida, N; Baldaia, C; Alves, A; Gomes, M; Gonçalves, L; Robalo Nunes, A; Leal Pereira, C; Silva, MJ; Aguiar, J; Órfão, RThe approach to the patient with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) can be very complex. A multidisciplinary panel of physicians with expertise in Gastroenterology, Anesthesiology, and Transfusion Medicine worked together to provide the best knowledge and guide clinical practitioners in the real setting of health institutions, characterized by disparate availability of human and technical resources. The authors pr...
Effects of an educational intervention on angolan adolescents’ knowledge of hum...
Almeida, N; Teixeira, A; Garcia, J; Martins, N; Ramalho, CBackground and objectives: Sex education is a necessity and a right of young people in Angola. However, this education is deficient or even absent in various subsystems and, therefore, the impact of an educational intervention on human biology and sexuality was addressed. Materials and methods: This quasi-experimental study employed a non-equivalent control group, pre-test post-test design. It was conducted wit...
Endometrial Cancer Spheres Show Cancer Stem Cells Phenotype and Preference for ...
Carvalho, MJ; Laranjo, M; Abrantes, AM; Casalta-Lopes, J; Sarmento-Santos, D; Costa, T; Serambeque, B; Almeida, N; Gonçalves, T; Mamede, CThis study aimed to characterize endometrial cancer regarding cancer stem cells (CSC) markers, regulatory and differentiation pathways, tumorigenicity and glucose metabolism. Endometrial cancer cell line ECC1 was submitted to sphere forming protocols. The first spheres generation (ES1) was cultured in adherent conditions (G1). This procedure was repeated and was obtained generations of spheres (ES1, ES2 and ES3...
Follow-up telefónico ao doente portador de dispositivo cardíaco
Fernandes, J; Santos, L; Pereira, M; Almeida, N; Fernandes, P; Gonçalves, TA implantação de um pacemaker (PMD) ou de um cardioversor desfibrilhador (CDI) tornou-se num procedimento comum e relativamente simples, como tratamento para disritmias cardíacas. Apesar da implantação não implicar uma alteração importante no estilo de vida, está inerente a algumas preocupações e sentimentos de ansiedade, relacionadas sobretudo com as atividades de vida diária. A equipa de enfermagem do Serviço...
Multicenter survey on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in Portugal
Pinho, R; Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M; Mão-de-Ferro, S; Ferreira, S; Almeida, N; Figueiredo, P; Rodrigues, A; Cardoso, H; Marques, M; Rosa, B; Cotter, JDevice-assisted enteroscopies (DAEs) are recent endoscopic techniques that enable direct endoscopic small-bowel evaluation.
Multicenter survey on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in Portugal
Pinho, R; Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M; Mão-de-Ferro, S; Ferreira, S; Almeida, N; Figueiredo, P; Rodrigues, A; Cardoso, H; Marques, M; Rosa, B; Cotter, JBACKGROUND: Device-assisted enteroscopies (DAEs) are recent endoscopic techniques that enable direct endoscopic small-bowel evaluation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to evaluate the implementation of DAEs in Portugal and assess the main indications, diagnoses, diagnostic yield, therapeutic yield and complication rate. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective series using a national Web-ba...
Groove Pancreatitis with Biliary and Duodenal Stricture: An Unusual Cause of Ob...
Gravito-Soares, M; Gravito-Soares, E; Alves, A; Gomes, D; Almeida, N; Tralhão, G; Sofia, CINTRODUCTION: Groove pancreatitis is an uncommon cause of chronic pancreatitis that affects the groove anatomical area between the head of the pancreas, duodenum, and common bile duct. CLINICAL CASE: A 67-year-old man with frequent biliary colic and an alcohol consumption of 30-40 g/day was admitted to the hospital complaining of jaundice and pruritus. Laboratory analysis revealed cholestasis and the ultrasound...
Correlation of Helicobacter pylori genotypes with gastric histopathology in the...
Almeida, N; Donato, MM; Romãozinho, JM; Luxo, C; Cardoso, O; Cipriano, MA; Marinho, C; Fernandes, A; Sofia, CBACKGROUND: Outcome of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection results from interaction of multiple variables including host, environmental and bacterial-associated virulence factors. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the correlation of cagA, cagE, vacA, iceA and babA2 genotypes with gastric histopathology and disease phenotype in the central region of a South-European country. METHODS: This prospective st...
Beyond Maastricht IV: are standard empiric triple therapies for Helicobacter py...
Almeida, N; Donato, MM; Romãozinho, JM; Luxo, C; Cardoso, O; Cipriano, MA; Marinho, C; Fernandes, A; Calhau, C; Sofia, CBACKGROUND: Empiric triple treatments for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are increasingly unsuccessful. We evaluated factors associated with failure of these treatments in the central region of Portugal. METHODS: This single-center, prospective study included 154 patients with positive (13)C-urea breath test (UBT). Patients with no previous H. pylori treatments (Group A, n = 103) received pantoprazole 40 mg 2×...