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Massive Blood Loss from Urethrorrhage in a 16-year-old boy: Case Report and Rev...
Ascensão, J; Sobral, MC; Lima, S; Vaz Silva, A; Pratas Vital, V; Cardoso, D; Alves, F; Alves, RUrethral varices and hemangiomas are rare, underreported conditions that can be asymptomatic or present with intermittent urethrorrhage that can start or worsen with erection, sexual intercourse and ejaculation. Diagnosis can be made with urethroscopy and there are a wide variety of possible treatments that can suit both conditions. We present a case of a pediatric patient with severe blood loss from urethral v...
COVID-19 vaccines effectiveness against symptomatic disease and severe outcomes...
Brazete, C; Brazete, J; Alves, F; Aguiar, A; Gonçalves, AM; Cardoso, M; Sá, L; Gonçalves, E; Pinto, M; Duarte, RObjectives: This study evaluated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing symptomatic and severe disease.Study design: This was an observational test-negative case-control study.Methods: Study participants were adults with at least one symptom included in the World Health Or-ganization COVID-19 definition who sought health care in a public emergency department between 1 November 2021 and 2 March 202...
Editorial: Shaping healthier cities-Ecosystem services and health for responsiv...
Salata, S; Vidal, DG; Alves, F; Ribeiro, AI; Artmann, Mn/a
Morbimortality Associated with COVID-19 Infection in the Elderly in Portugal: A...
Alves, F; Oliveira-Dias, C; Felgueiras, Ó; Duarte, Rn/a
COVID-19 in Portugal: A Pandemic Redesigned by the Media
Lopes, F; Araújo, R; Alves, F; Duarte, RThe news media in Portugal played an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing people with important and up-to-date health information. However, the number of news reports did not always correspond to the severity of the pandemic. There was significant media attention at the beginning of the pandemic (in early 2020), but media coverage soon declined, and the Portuguese media began to report on a ...
Impact of COVID-19 on extrapulmonary TB and the benefit of decentralised TB ser...
Tinoco, EM; Vasconcelos, A; Alves, F; Duarte, R[No abstract available]
A roadmap for lifting restrictive measures for COVID-19
Aguiar, A; Pinto, M; Alves, F; Barbosa, P; Monteiro, H; Bigotte, J; Santos, M; Felgueiras, Ó; Dara, M; Duarte, RAfter more than one year of the pandemic, we now know that no single preventive measure affords fully effective control of virus transmission. Therefore, it is vital to combine different approaches to quickly identify the cases, trace their contacts, constantly reduce the risk of transmission, promptly respond to outbreaks or community transmission and monitor the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. The updated St...
Treatment of Pathological Humerus-Shaft Tumoral Fractures with Rigid Static Int...
Moura, DL; Alves, F; Fonseca, R; Freitas, J; Casanova, JObjective This was a retrospective observational study in patients submitted to intramedullary nail fixation after established or impeding pathological humerus-shaft tumoral fracture in the context of disseminated tumoral disease along 22 years of experience at the same institution. Methods Sample with 82 patients and 86 humeral fixations with unreamed rigid interlocking static intramedullary nail by the ante...
Pieloplastia Laparoscópica em Idade Pediátrica
Morão, S; Pratas Vital, V; Vaz Silva, A; Cardoso, D; Alves, F; Catela Mota, F; Pascoal, JIntrodução: A obstrução da junção pielo-ureteral (OJPU) é a causa congénita mais comum de uropatia obstrutiva na criança. O objectivo deste trabalho é documentar a experiência desta Unidade de Urologia Pediátrica relativamente às primeiras 20 pieloplastias realizadas por via laparoscópica. Material e Métodos: Estudo retrospectivo em que foram incluídos vinte doentes com o diagnóstico de OJPU submetidas a pielop...
Torsion and Inflammation of Meckel's Diverticulum: Rare Cause of Acute Abdomina...
Morão, S; Knoblich, M; Alves, F; Alves, R; Pascoal, JMeckel's diverticulum is a remnant of the embryologic vitelline duct. It was named after its anatomical and embryological description, in the early 19th century, by Johann Meckel. It is known as a true diverticulum of the small bowel and is typically estimated to be present in 2% of the general population, with only a very small percentage being symptomatic. In this report, we present a 14-year-old boy with com...