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Body composition analysis in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: depicting s...

Background/Objectives: Sarcopenia is an emergent prognostic biomarker in clinical oncology. Albeit increasingly defined through skeletal muscle index (SMI) thresholding, literature cut-offs fail to discern heterogeneous baseline muscularity across populations. This study assesses the prognostic impact of using cohort-specific SMI thresholds in a Portuguese metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) cohort. ...

“You died on me”: internist narratives about the caring patients in the final h...

Background: In Portugal, two thirds of deaths occur in the hospital and it is estimated that these numbers will increase considerably in the coming decades. The Internist is, therefore, called upon to take care of patients for whom cure is not expected and whose confrontation with the limits of existence is palpable. This is a great opportunity to assume the Suffering of the Other as a therapeutic target, but a...

Difficulties and opportunities in providing care to patients in the last hours ...

Background: In Portugal, two thirds of deaths occur in the hospital and it is estimated that these numbers will increase considerably in the coming decades. The proper organization of care at this stage promotes peaceful deaths and catalyzes healthy bereavements. The Project MiMI (Morte Iminente em Medicina Interna; Imminent Death in Internal Medicine) is a collaboration between the Portuguese Society of Intern...

Validation of an assessment and monitoring instrument for the care of patients ...

Background: In Portugal, two thirds of deaths occur in the hospital and it is estimated that these numbers will increase considerably in the coming decades. The proper organization of care at this stage promotes peaceful deaths and catalyzes healthy bereavements. There is no validated instrument that supports health teams in the organization of care in the situation of imminent death syndrome. Aim(s): We propos...

The factorial analysis of a quality of life scale for people addicted to drugs ...

Risk behaviors to psychoactive substances use in children and young people in L...

Objective: To characterize the risk behavior of the psychoactive substances use in a youth population of Lisbon. Method: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Participants were 113 children and young people who responded to the Portuguese version of the Risk and Health Behavior questionnaire - Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results: Participants with regard to age were between 9-13, most attending ...

Palliative care at home: a national priority -an integrative review study

Introduction The increase of longevity and consequently the growth of fragility and vulnerability due to the prevalence of chronic diseases, which shortens life, and the changing of the social profile had created new concerns about the planning and the support in life’s end cycle. For that it is necessary to train professionals and create specialized community teams in palliative care teams. Objectives To demon...

O Humor and stress of nurses who caregivers people with end of life

Introduction Nurses are one of the most exposed professional group to stressors, namely those who provide end of life care due to their daily contact with death, bad emotions and suffer. There is scientific evidence that humor may constitute an incisive coping strategy in the management of occupational stress that can be used by professionals for their own benefit. The analysis of the relationship between humor...

Humor and stress of nurses who caregivers people with end of life

INTRODUCTION Nurses are one of the most exposed professional group to stressors, namely those who provide end of life care due to their daily contact with death, bad emotions and suffer. There is scientific evidence that humor may constitute an incisive coping strategy in the management of occupational stress that can be used by professionals for their own benefit. The analysis of the relationship between humor...