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Strategies to Reduce the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Ch...
Ferreira-Magalhães, M; Bandeira, T; Costa, E; Guerra, P; Lopes, H; Martins, MR; Mexia, R; Tomé, T; Silva, E; Dias, AR
Burden and severity of children's hospitalizations by respiratory syncytial vir...
Bandeira, T; Carmo, M; Lopes, H; Gomes, C; Martins, M; Guzman, C; Bangert, M; Rodrigues, F; Januario, G; Tome, T; Azevedo, IBackground Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children and is of considerable burden on healthcare systems. Our study aimed to evaluate ALRI hospitalizations related to RSV in children in Portugal. Methods We reviewed hospitalizations potentially related to RSV in children aged <5 years from 2015 to 2018, using anonymized administrative data...
Practice of spirometry among physicians caring for children with asthma in Port...
Constant, C; Cosme, J; Fernandes, RM; Fonte, P; Fonseca, JA; Alves, C; Bandeira, T
Acute viral bronchiolitis: Physician perspectives on definition and clinically ...
Fernandes, RM; Andrade, MG; Constant, C; Malveiro, D; Magalhães, M; Abreu, D; Azevedo, I; Sousa, E; Salgado, R; Bandeira, TBACKGROUND: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...
Estarão diferentes as pneumonias agudas adquiridas na comunidade com internamen...
Calado, C; Nunes, P; Pereira, L; Nunes, T; Barreto, C; Bandeira, TNos últimos anos tem sido descrita, no mundo ocidental, uma redução da incidência da pneumonia aguda da comunidade (PAC) nas crianças, parodoxalmente associada a maior gravidade dos casos internados. O presente estudo pretendeu caracterizar os casos de PAC internados e compará -los com um estudo anterior a 2001. Recolhemos dados referentes a 63 internamentos, durante seis meses. Houve predomínio do grupo dos 0 ...
A case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia.
Correia, M; Dieudonné, V; Almeida, H; Bandeira, T; Lito, L; Rodrigues, G; Sequeira, SLegionella pneumophila is an uncommon cause of pneumonia, mainly in children. We present a case with aggressive disease and unfavourable outcome. The diagnosis was established by serum antibody detection and immunofluorescence and culture of a fragment of lung tissue obtained at necropsy. We focus the importance of this aetiology in nosocomial pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia with an atypical evolutio...