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Initial experience with the extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Lousinha, Ana; Kahlbau, Hagen; Coelho, Sara; Jacinto, Sofia; Sousa, Rodrigo; Paulo, Margarida; Covas, Susana; Domingues, Abel; Trindade, AnaIntroduction and objectives: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are among the most effective interventions for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. However, traditional transvenous systems are associated with venous access and intracardiac lead complications. Subcutaneous ICDs (S-ICD), which were developed to overcome these complications, are unable to provide anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) or pau...
360 Health Analysis (H360) — a comparison of key performance indicators in brea...
Rego, Inês Brandão; Coelho, Sara; Semedo, Patrícia Miguel; Cavaco-Silva, Joana; Teixeira, Laetitia; Sousa, Susana; Reis, Joana; Dinis, RuiBackground: The increased focus on quality indicators (QIs) and the use of clinical registries in real-world cancer studies have increased compliance with therapeutic standards and patient survival. The European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) established QIs to assess compliance with current standards in breast cancer care. Methods: This retrospective study is part of H360 Health Analysis and aim...
Time perspective and amnestic mild cognitive impairment
Coelho, Sara; Mendonça, Alexandre; Marôco, J. P.; Cardoso, Sandra; Mello, Zena; Guerreiro, ManuelaObjective. We examined time perspective in patients with amnesic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). Prior research has shown that aMCI is associated with difficulties in experiencing time duration and succession. However, this line of inquiry has not been extended to time perspective. We examined associations between aMCI and multiple dimensions of time perspective including perceived orientations and relationsh...
Follicular Lymphoma Presenting with Hypoparathyroidism and Pulmonary Hypertension
Coelho, Sara; Magalhães, Helena; Correia, Jorge; Lourenço, Patrícia; Araújo, José Paulo; Bettencourt, PauloA 79-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital so we could study the aetiology of pulmonary hypertension that had been suggested in an echocardiogram. She also had severe hypocalcaemia with an inappropriately low parathyroid hormone level. Computed tomography showed a paratracheal (46×32 mm) adenopathy and multiple abdominal adenopathies, which were surgically biopsied and corresponded to follicular lymphoma....
Personal stigma, determinants of intention to use technology, and acceptance of...
Lamela, Diogo; Cabral, Joana; Coelho, Sara; Jongenelen, Inês MartinsDespite showing comparable levels of efficacy, internet-based psychological interventions (IPI) exhibited lower acceptance and intention of use as compared to psychological treatment delivered by face-to-face methods. Surprisingly, no research has inspected whether IPI acceptance is associated with variables linked with intentions of technology use and with barriers to seeking professional psychological help, s...
360 Health Analysis (H360) - a proposal for an integrated vision of breast canc...
Coelho, Sara; Rego, Inês Brandão; Dionísio, Maria Rita; Cavaco-Silva, Joana; Semedo, Patrícia Miguel; Pavão, Francisco; Leite, Ricardo BaptistaH360 aims to provide a comprehensive picture of breast cancer management in Portugal by retrieving real-world data from 10 Portuguese hospitals and deriving a snapshot from the medical interpretation of evidence-based data to patient perspective on the quality and effectiveness of medical care provided. This article reviews evidence on breast cancer clinical practice and quality of care and disease management i...
Use of alfentanil in palliative care
Ferraz, José António; Sousa, Filipa; Alves, Lucy; Liu, Patricia; Coelho, SaraAlfentanil is used for chronic pain relief in palliative care. However, there is a dearth of data on its use. For this reason, a decision was made to review the use of alfentanil in palliative care. Retrospective study was carried out in a palliative care service. The files of patients who received alfentanil as an intravenous or subcutaneous continuous infusion for pain relief, between January 2018 and April 2...
Mental time travel in mild cognitive impairment
Coelho, Sara; Guerreiro, Manuela; Chester, Catarina; Silva, Dina Lúcia Gomes da; Marôco, J. P.; Paglieri, Fabio; Mendonça, Alexandre deIntroduction: Mental Time Travel (MTT) is the people's ability to remember themselves in the past and to imagine themselves in the future, and influence important life domains such as making decisions and planning future actions. It is widely recognized that patients with aMCI have deficits in episodic memory, but they also show impairments in semantic memory. It has been controversial whether MTT tasks are dis...
Mental time travel in mild cognitive impairment
Coelho, Sara; Guerreiro, Manuela; Chester, Catarina; Silva, Dina; Maroco, Joao; Paglieri, Fabio; de Mendonca, AlexandreIntroduction: Mental Time Travel (MTT) is the people's ability to remember themselves in the past and to imagine themselves in the future, and influence important life domains such as making decisions and planning future actions. It is widely recognized that patients with aMCI have deficits in episodic memory, but they also show impairments in semantic memory. It has been controversial whether MTT tasks are dis...
Delay discounting in mild cognitive impairment
Coelho, Sara; Guerreiro, Manuela; Chester, Catarina; Silva, Dina; Maroco, Joao; Paglieri, Fabio; de Mendonca, AlexandreIntroduction: Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may make suboptimal decisions particularly in complex situations, and this could be due to temporal discounting, the tendency to prefer immediate rewards over delayed but larger rewards. The present study proposes to evaluate intertemporal preferences in MCI patients as compared to healthy controls. Method: Fifty-five patients with MCI and 57 healthy c...