Funding Information: We thank Prime Focus for providing language help and writing assistance to this article. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia; Introduction and objectives: There is a lack of information regarding bronchoscopy practice in adults in Portugal. Our objective was to obtain an overview of the characteristics, resources, techniques and behaviors in national intervention...
Funding Information: Literature review and medical writing support for this article was provided by Keypoint - Consultoria Científica, Lda., and was funded by Bial. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia; The COVID-19 pandemic crisis, among so many social, economic and health problems, also brought new opportunities. The potential of telemedicine to improve health outcomes had already b...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a novel SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. Its capacity for human-to-human transmission through respiratory droplets, coupled with a high-level of population mobility, has resulted in a rapid dissemination worldwide. Healthcare workers have been particularly exposed to the risk of infection and represent a significant proportion of COVID-19 cases...