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Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in...
Schumacher, AE; Kyu, HH; Aali, A; Abbafati, C; Abbas, J; Abbasgholizadeh, R; Abbasi, MA; Abbasian, M; Abd ElHafeez, S; Abdelmasseh, M; Abd Elsalam, SBackground: Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 provides n...
Persistência de sintomas um ano após Infeção por SARS-COV-2 em trabalhadores e ...
Pádua, A; Gama, M; Alvarelhão, J; Conde, JIntrodução Embora a maioria dos indivíduos recupere após a infeção aguda por SARS-CoV-2, outros podem apresentar sintomas persistentes com potenciais consequências a médio e longo prazo no desempenho de atividades e participação, com eventuais implicações na sua aptidão para o trabalho. Objetivo Analisar a persistência de sintomas aos doze meses após infeção por SARS-CoV-2 e perceção do nível de desempenho em a...
Congenital Hyperinsulinism in Two Siblings with ABCC8 Mutation: Same Genotype, ...
Sousa-Santos, F; Simões, H; Castro-Feijóo, L; Rodríguez, P; Fernández-Marmiesse, A; Fiaño, R; Rego, T; Carracedo, A; Conde, JCongenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a heterogenous disease caused by insulin secretion regulatory defects, being ABCC8/KCNJ11 the most commonly affected genes. Therapeutic options include diazoxide, somatostatin analogues and surgery, which is curative in focal CHI. We report the case of two siblings (born two years apart) that presented themselves with hypoketotic hyperinsulinemic persistent hypoglycemias duri...
Cancer and geriatrics.
Conde, JUndoubtedly we are living in a world where life expectancy is growing larger and birth rates are decreasing; in the western world we are slowly progressing towards a world of elderly people. Such forecast rises a challenge with two multidisciplinary fronts: stabilizing or controlling the biological processes of aging. Since we cannot interfere with the genetic predetermination of life, the choice could be to bl...