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“O Meu Coração Bate Saudável” – Results From a Pilot Project for Health Educati...
Timóteo, AT; Cachulo, MC; Dinis, P; Negrão, L; Barreiros-Mota, I; Dores, H; Gonçalves, LIntroduction and objectives: Childhood offers an excellent window of opportunity to start interventions to promote behavioral changes before unhealthy lifestyles become established, leading to cardiovascular diseases. The goal of this pilot educational project for children is the promotion of healthy lifestyles and cardiovascular health. Methods: This project was implemented in 4th grade children and included t...
Can serum endoglin be used to improve the diagnostic performance in prostate ca...
Pina, F; Ferro, A; Botelho, F; Manso, M; Dias, N; Figueiredo, G; Pereira, P; Dinis, P; Barros, H; Lunet, NPurpose: New biomarkers may contribute to avoid unnecessary biopsies resulting from the suboptimal performance of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. This study aimed to assess serum endoglin as a prostate cancer (PCa) diagnostic tool among biopsy candidates. Methods: A total of 262 consecutive patients referred for prostate biopsy based on abnormal digital rectal examination and/or elevated total PSA (tPS...
Enzalutamida vs quimioterapia como primeira opção no carcinoma da próstata resi...
Carvalho, J; Nunes, P; Dinis, P; Parada, B; Freire, M; Azinhais, P; Tavares da Silva, E; Brandão, A; Dias, V; Figueiredo, A
Artérias renais múltiplas na transplantação renal: será um problema atualmente?
Carvalho, J; Nunes, P; Dinis, P; Tavares da Silva, E; Marques, V; Parada, B; Marconi, L; Moreira, P; Roseiro, A; Bastos, C; Rolo, F; Dias, V
Será a obesidade um pesadelo na transplantação renal?
Carvalho, J; Nunes, P; Dinis, P; Lourenço, M; Tavares da Silva, E; Parada, B; Marconi, L; Moreira, P; Roseiro, A; Bastos, C; Rolo, F; Dias, V
Isquémia fria de 18h: será que os nossos resultados desafiam as Guidelines?
Carvalho, J; Nunes, P; Dinis, P; Antunes, H; Lourenço, M; Tavares da Silva, E; Parada, B; Marconi, L; Moreira, P; Roseiro, A; Bastos, C; Rolo, F
Improving risk stratification in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction...
Paiva, L; Providência, R; Barra, S; Dinis, P; Faustino, AC; Costa, M; Gonçalves, LBACKGROUND: Risk assessment is fundamental in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), enabling estimation of prognosis. AIMS: To evaluate whether the combined use of GRACE and CRUSADE risk stratification schemes in patients with myocardial infarction outperforms each of the scores individually in terms of mortality and haemorrhagic risk prediction. METHODS: Observational retrospective single-centre co...
Ureteropieloplastia Laparoscópica: A nossa nova abordagem padrão
Dinis, P; Nunes, P; Castelo, D; Tavares da Silva, E; Figueiredo, A; Mota, AIntrodução e Objetivos: Síndrome da JUP (SJUP) causa hidronefrose e deterioração da função renal se não corrigido em tempo útil. A ureteropieloplastia (UPP) laparoscópica assumiu relevância na resolução desta patologia. O objetivo do trabalho é apresentar a nossa experiência de UPPs em doentes com SJUP. Material e Métodos: Estudo retrospetivo com análise de dados de 49 doentes com SJUP submetidos a UPP entre 20...
Overview of resistant hypertension: A glimpse of the cardiologist's current sta...
Paiva, L; Cachulo, MC; Providência, R; Barra, S; Dinis, P; Leitão-Marques, AHypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, resulting in increased incidence of cerebrovascular events, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, and renal impairment. Thus, it is one of the most important preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality. Despite current knowledge on the management of hypertension and the availability of several effective antihypertensive medications, u...
Sampling procedures and sample representativeness in a national telephone surve...
Correia, S; Dinis, P; Rolo, F; Lunet, NObjectives: This paper aims to assess the yielding of the sampling procedures and the representativeness of a sample evaluated in a national telephone survey in Portugal. Methods: The Portuguese telephone book (2007/2008) was the sampling frame for subjects >39 years (n = 1,934). The time spent with interviews and unsuccessful contacts was quantified and the yielding of the contact attempts compared according d...