Introduction: Professional practice in psychology involves significant emotional and ethical demands, particularly in the early stages of a psychological career. Despite the growing discussion surrounding self-care, the integration of this topic into academic psychology training remains overlooked, and there is still a lack of research in this area. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the perceptions of fina...
Introduction: The demographic and professional characteristics of specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology registered in Portugal are presented and current and future needs assessed.Material and Methods: An analysis of the data from Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ordem dos Médicos and a survey sent to the directors of the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Portuguese hospitals was perfomed. In orde...
Introduction: Pregnancy is associated with relevant hemodynamic changes that can lead to clinical decompensation in women with previous cardiomyopathy. Given this risk, the literature generally advises against pregnancy in these cases, but this recommendation is controversial. Case description: Herein is described the case of a woman with dilated cardiomyopathy and left ventricular ejection fraction of 28% who ...
Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) is a RNA virus that cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The clinical spectrum SARS-COV-2 infection ranges from asymptomatic infection to critical and fatal illness. The expression of host receptor for SARS-CoV-2 cell entry in placental tissue and the identification of SARS-COV-2 in the placental tissue supports that SARS-COV-2 inf...
Background: Behçet's disease (BD) is a rare chronic multisystemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. It is usually diagnosed between the 2nd and 4th decades of life, so its association with pregnancy is not unusual. This study aims to characterize the evolution of pregnancy in a group of pregnant women with BD and the impact of this pathology in embryo-fetal morbidity. Methods: A retrospective case-control study i...
A estabilização tartárica pelo frio é a operação unitária mais frequente em enologia para estabilizar tartaricamente os vinhos. No entanto, esta é uma operação lenta e dispendiosa. A electrodiálise é um processo que pode também estabilizar o vinho quanto à instabilidade tartárica. Assim, o objectivo deste trabalho foi comparar o método de estabilização tartárica pelo frio com o método de electrod iálise, num Vi...
Submucous myoma(s) can decrease the chances of a spontaneous conception and, therefore, be a cause of reproductive failure. There are many different methods for submucous myoma(s) treatment. The choice for the best treatment approach should take into account the characteristics of the myoma: the size, number (single or multiple), location and its relationship with the myometrium/uterine cavity; Also, the age of...
Cold stabilization is the most common wine operation for wine tartaric stabilization. This operation consists in cooling the wine at temperatures near the wine freezing point [1, 2], to induce potassium bitartrate crystals precipitation. However, this is a slow and costly operation. Electrodialysis is a process that allows the separation of anions and cations according to their electrical charge through a selec...
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