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World Heart Federation Cholesterol Roadmap: The Portuguese case

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the major cause of premature death and disability; effective cardiovascular (CV) risk prevention is fundamental. The World Heart Federation (WHF) Cholesterol Roadmap provides a framework for national policy development and aims to achieve ASCVD prevention. At the invitation of the WHF, a group of experts from the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC), addr...

Simplifying Data Analysis in Biomedical Research: an Automated, User-Friendly Tool

Robust data normalization and analysis are pivotal in biomedical research to ensure that observed differences in populations are directly attributable to the target variable, rather than disparities between control and study groups. ArsHive addresses this challenge using advanced algorithms to normalize populations (e.g., control and study groups) and perform statistical evaluations between demographic, clinica...

Pancreatic Stone Protein As a Biomarker of Sepsis

Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Cardiac Arrest: a Case Report

The management of abdominal aortic aneurysms, especially ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, continues to challenge vascular surgeons. A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with a high mortality rate. If cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required before surgical repair, mortality rates are said to be even higher. However, cardiac arrest in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm does not a...

Time of Admission to Intensive Care Unit, Strained Capacity, and Mortality: a R...

Purpose: We sought to study the association between afterhours ICU admission and ICU mortality considering measures of strained ICU capacity. Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of 4141 admissions to 2 ICUs in Lisbon, Portugal (06/2016-06/2018). Primary exposure was ICU admission on 20:00 h-07:59 h. Primary outcome was ICU mortality. Measures of strained ICU capacity were: bed occupancy rate ≥ 90% and...

The Accuracy of PiCCO® in Measuring Cardiac Output in Patients Under Therapeuti...

Background: Invasive cardiac monitoring using thermodilution methods such as PiCCO® is widely used in critically ill patients and provides a wide range of hemodynamic variables, including cardiac output (CO). However, in post-cardiac arrest patients subjected to therapeutic hypothermia, the low body temperature possibly could interfere with the technique. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (ECHO) has long p...

Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Portuguese Single-Center Reference Review

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a syndrome characterized by an acute deterioration of a patient with cirrhosis, frequently associated with multi-organ failure and a high short-term mortality rate. We present a retrospective study that aims to characterize the presentation, evolution, and outcome of patients diagnosed with ACLF at our center over the last 3 years, with a comparative analysis between the...

Autonomic Nervous System Monitoring in Intensive Care as a Prognostic Tool. Sys...

OBJECTIVE: To present a systematic review of the use of autonomic nervous system monitoring as a prognostic tool in intensive care units by assessing heart rate variability. METHODS: Literature review of studies published until July 2016 listed in PubMed/Medline and conducted in intensive care units, on autonomic nervous system monitoring, via analysis of heart rate variability as a prognostic tool (mortality s...

Complication of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

Pneumonia por Aspiração de Peça Dentária