Introduction: The non-use of primary health care is problematic, especially due to the lack of surveillance of the low user. Reduced frequency of consultations with family doctors prevents screening, early detection/prevention of pathologies, and adequate control of chronic diseases. Objectives: This study aims to characterize the sociodemographic and clinical profile and the reasons why the population does not...
Introduction: Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is an asymptomatic rare condition in most cases. Nonetheless, symptoms like headache, syncope, vertigo, thoracic pain, erythromelalgia, and transient visual disturbances may surge. The major concerns of this pathology are hemorrhagic and thromboembolic events. The aim of sharing this case report is to alert for the existence of this rare pathology that can go unnotic...
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Introduction: Chronic postoperative pain is the most frequent late complication of inguinal hernia repair surgery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence of chronic post-hernioplasty pain in outpatient care at Centro Hospitalar do Porto, describe it, analyse its relation with other variables defined in the literature and study its functional interference.Material and Methods: We performed a retrospe...