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Use of Natriuretic Peptides in the Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Primary Health...
Santos, Mário; Gavina, Cristina; Martins, Elisabete; Marques, Irene; Biscaia, André; Cabral, Filipe; Nunes Oliveira, Jorge; Cirne Carvalho, ManuelHeart failure (HF) remains a major clinical and public health challenge in Portugal, associated with high morbidity, mortality, and economic burden. Despite notable therapeutic advances, the degree of underdiagnosis in Portugal remains substantial, as evidenced by findings from the recent Portuguese Heart Failure Prevalence Observational Study (PORTHOS), which estimated that 90% of identified cases corresponded...
Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults in Portugal: Practical Recommenda...
Malheiro, Jorge; Birne, Rita; Biscaia, André; Almeida, Edgar; Nobre, João; Capela, Nuno; Azinheira, Jorge; Nunes Oliveira, Jorge; Lebre, LuísA doença renal crónica representa um problema de saúde pública significativo, afetando cerca de 9,8% da população adulta em Portugal. Pese embora este número, o diagnóstico precoce desta doença nos grupos de alto risco é reduzido. Apesar de serem apenas dois os parâmetros cruciais para o seu diagnóstico – a taxa de filtração glomerular estimada (TFGe) e a albuminúria – em Portugal, mais de 50% dos doentes em es...
Colaboração Itália-Portugal: abranger diversidade com singularidade
Martino, Ardigò; Biscaia, André.; .
Healthcare equity and commissioning: a four-year national analysis of Portugues...
Pereira, António; Biscaia, André; Calado, Isis; Freitas, Alberto; Costa, Andreia; Coelho, AnabelaEqual and adequate access to healthcare is one of the pillars of Portuguese health policy. Despite the controversy over the commissioning processes' contribution to equity in health, this article aims to clarify the relationship between socio-economic factors and the results of primary healthcare (PHC) commissioning indicators through an analysis of four years of data from all PHC units in Portugal. The factor ...
Healthcare equity and commissioning: a four-year national analysis of Portugues...
Pereira, António; Biscaia, André; Calado, Isis; Freitas, Alberto; Costa, Andreia; Coelho, AnabelaEqual and adequate access to healthcare is one of the pillars of Portuguese health policy. Despite the controversy over commissioning processes’ contribution to equity in health, this article aims to clarify the relationship between socio-economic factors and the results of primary healthcare (PHC) commissioning indicators through an analysis of four years of data from all PHC units in Portugal. The factor that...
Comunidade Formativa do Estoril: uma comunidade de prática centrada no internat...
Sá, Vanessa; Coutinho, Magda; Póvoa, Ana; Medeiros, Rita; Santos, Joana; Biscaia, André; Couto, IsabelIntrodução: Uma comunidade de prática consiste num grupo de pessoas que se unem em torno de um mesmo tópico ou interesse, trabalhando em conjunto para melhorar o que fazem através de interações regulares. A Comunidade Formativa do Estoril reúne o grupo de orientadores e internos de medicina geral e familiar e saúde pública da zona do Estoril, com o objetivo de alargar o seu leque de experiências e vivências, es...
Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Postoperative Quality Recovery Scal...
Biscaia, André; Amorim, Pedro; Esteves, Simão; Lagarto, Filipa; Gomes, Blandina; Bismarck, José; Rodrigues, Nuno; Nogueira, Mafalda; Royse, Colin F.Introduction: The Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale is a brief instrument of six domains designed to assess quality of recovery from early to long term after surgery. This study aims to validate the Portuguese version of the Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale.Material and Methods: In this observational study 101 adult patients undergoing elective surgery completed the Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale a...
Patterns of perceptions of workplace violence in the Portuguese health care sector
Ferrinho, Paulo; Biscaia, André; Fronteira, Inês; Craveiro, Isabel; Antunes, Ana Rita; Conceição, Cláudia; Flores, Isabel; Santos, OsvaldoThis article characterizes the problem of violence against health professionals in the workplace (VAHPITWP) in selected settings in Portugal. It addresses the questions of what types of violence are most frequent and who are the most affected health professionals. Three methodological approaches were followed: (i) documentary studies, (ii) a questionnairebased hospital and health centre (HC) complex case study ...
Os Centros de Saúde em Portugal - A Satisfação dos Utentes e dos Profissionais
Santos, Osvaldo; Biscaia, André; Antunes, Ana Rita; Craveiro, Isabel; Júnior, António; Caldeira, Rita; Charondière, PascaleA satisfação com os serviços de saúde, na sua dupla vertente da satisfação dos utentes e da satisfação dos profissionais, é uma área complexa e de difícil avaliação mas, ao mesmo tempo, incontornável. A satisfação dos utentes é, actualmente, considerada como um objectivo fundamental dos serviços de saúde e tem vindo a ocupar um lugar progressivamente mais importante na avaliação da qualidade dos mesmos. O aumen...
The Health Center - A learning organization
Ferrão, Ana; Biscaia, AndréHealth Centres are 'organizations-alive' and any approach that situated as 'organizations-machines' in which everything takes place according to a predictable and linear causality, is doomed to failure. In this article, the health centers are designed as learning organizations - organizations in which learning is a characteristic nuclear, which systematically promotes learning and development individual, collec...