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Surgical site infection surveillance in knee and hip arthroplasty: optimizing a...
Guedes, M; Almeida, F; Andrade, P; Moreira, L; Pedrosa, A; Azevedo, A; Rocha-Pereira, NBackground: Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important cause of disease burden and healthcare costs. Fully manual surveillance is time-consuming and prone to subjectivity and inter-individual variability, which can be partly overcome by semi-automated surveillance. Algorithms used in orthopaedic SSI semi-automated surveillance have reported high sensitivity and important workload reduction. This study aimed ...
Nationwide consensus on quality indicators to assess glaucoma care: A modified ...
Iorio-Aranha, F; de Freitas, C; Rocha-Sousa, A; Azevedo, A; Barbosa-Breda, JPurpose Performance assessments are essential to tracking and improving quality in health care systems. Key aspects of the care process that act as indicators must be measured in order to gain an in-depth understanding of a care unit's operation. Without standardized quality indicators (QIs), it is difficult to characterize and compare the abilities of institutions to achieve excellence. The aim of this study i...
Variation in Antibiotic Prescription in High-Risk Febrile Neutropenia in Portug...
Freitas, M; Andrade, P; Pinto, R; Trigo, F; Azevedo, A; Almeida, FIntroduction: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a potentially severe entity, particularly in hemato-oncologic patients who have higher incidence of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria. Discrepancies among guidelines contribute to divergence in antimicrobial practices. Our objective was to assess the variation of practices in antimicrobial therapy in high-risk FN among Portuguese hematologists. Methods: We ...
Contextual Hospital Conditions and the Risk of Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 Infection:...
Almeida, F; Correia, S; Leal, C; Guedes, M; Duro, R; Andrade, P; Pedrosa, A; Rocha-Pereira, N; Lima-Alves, C; Azevedo, AObjective: Knowledge of the role of hospital conditions in SARS-CoV-2 transmission should inform strategies for the prevention of nosocomial spread of this pathogen and of similarly transmitted viruses. This study aimed to identify risk factors for nosocomial acquisition of SARS-CoV-2. Methods: We ran a nested case-control study with incidence density sampling among adult patients hospitalized for >7 days (Augu...
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysi...
Robinson, L; Roccaldo, R; Rodrigues, D; Rodriguez Perez, MdC; Rodríguez Villamizar, LA; Rodríguez, AY; Roggenbuck, U; Rohloff, P; Rohner, FBackground: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. Methods: We used data from 3663 population-based studies with 222 million participants that...
Appropriateness of Empirical Prescriptions of Ceftriaxone and Identification of...
Gorgulho, A; Cunha, F; Branco, EA; Azevedo, A; Almeida, F; Duro, R; Andrade, P; Pereira, NR; Alves, CLThird-generation cephalosporins are widely used due to the convenient spectrum of activity, safety, and posology. However, they are associated with the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, which makes them important targets for antimicrobial stewardship interventions. We aimed to assess the appropriateness of empirical prescriptions of ceftriaxone in a tertiary hospital. This cross-sectional study analys...
The potential impact of delivery mode and breastfeeding on oral Candida species...
Azevedo, MJ; Campos, P; Araújo, R; Magalhães, I; Pereira, MD; Azevedo, A; Zaura, E; Ramalho, C; Sampaio-Maia, BObjectives: In early life, children are exposed to microorgan-isms from maternal and environmental sources, which influ- ence the development of their microbiome throughout life. Several studies have demonstrated the influence of the deliv- ery mode and breastfeeding on the oral microbiome of chil-dren, mostly regarding bacterial colonization. However, their influence on the oral fungal carriage is still under ...
Potential Pathogenic and Opportunistic Oral Bacteria in Early Life: The Role of...
Fernandes, M; Azevedo, MJ; Campos, C; Ferreira, AF; Azevedo, A; Falcão-Pires, I; Zaura, E; Ramalho, C; Campos, J; Sampaio-Maia, BIn early life, maternal factors are of the utmost relevance for oral microbiome acquisition and maturation. Therefore, our study explored the impact of maternal factors, such as saliva and breastmilk colonization, cardiovascular risk factors (CRF), type of delivery, oral health, and caregiving habits on the prevalence of potential pathogenic and opportunistic oral bacteria in early life. A total of 26 healthy m...
Are lip prints hereditary? A systematic review
Chaves, T; Azevedo, A; Caldas, IMHereditary lip prints have been studied by several researchers. However, the literature shows no consensus among the scientific community regarding this topic. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review to gather evidence to clarify whether the surface structure of lip prints is hereditary and, consequently, if a familial relationship between individuals can be established through the a...
A ansiedade, medo e stress nos Profissionais de Saude Oral durante o primeiro a...
Rodrigo, AR; Caldas, IM; Carvalho, B; Azevedo, A; Pereira, MDFLObjetivos: Caracterizar o impacto da atual pandemia de COVID-19 na ansiedade, medo e stress nos profissionais de saude oral. Metodos: Utilizou-se um questionario autoaplicado online que foi enviado, via email, para tres associacoes na area da Medicina Dentaria. As variaveis categoricas foram descritas atraves de frequencias absolutas e relativas. As variaveis continuas foram descritas utilizando a media e o des...