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Pancreatic Stone Protein in patients with liver failure
Lopes, Diogo; Bandovas, João Pedro; Chumbinho, Beatriz; Santo, Catarina Espírito; Sousa, Mónica; Ferreira, Bernardo; Val-Flores, Luis; Germano, NunoFunding Information: We want to acknowledge the whole ICU, Transplant Unit, and General Surgery ward staff for their support in the collection of samples, Marta Alves, MSc (NOVA Medical School) for her support on statistics, and Abionic SA. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation (SFAR); Background: Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) seems to have higher accuracy for sepsis dete...
Abdominal Hypoperfusion and Acute Kidney Injury in the Critically Ill Patient w...
Pereira, Rui; Lopes, Diogo; Machado, Sara Brandão; Val-Flores, Luís; Caeiro, Fernando; Perdigoto, Rui; Marcelino, Paulo Alexandre; Saliba, FaouziBackground: Reduced abdominal perfusion pressure (APP) is an underdiagnosed potential pathophysiological mechanism for acute kidney injury (AKI) in the patient with liver cirrhosis and ascites. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of abdominal hypoperfusion (AhP) (APP <60 mm Hg) and the impact of APP on AKI in critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis. Methods: This was a post hoc analysis from a prosp...
Pancreatic stone protein as a biomarker of sepsis
Lopes, Diogo; Chumbinho, Beatriz; Bandovas, João Pedro; Faria, Pedro; Espírito Santo, Catarina; Ferreira, Bernardo; Val-Flores, Luis; Pereira, Rui
PM10 exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase blood triglycerides
Gaio, Vânia; Roquette, Rita; Monteiro, Alexandra; Ferreira, Joana; Lopes, Diogo; Dias, Carlos Matias; Nunes, Baltazar© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.; BACKGROUND: Blood lipids and glucose levels dysregulation represent potential mechanisms intermediating the adverse cardiovascular effects of ambient particulate matter (PM) exposure. This study aims to estimate the effect of long-term PM10 exposure on blood lipids and glucose le...
COVID-19 symptoms at hospital admission vary with age and sex
Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann; Abe, Ryuzo; Abel, Laurent; Absil, Lara; Acker, Andrew; Adachi, Shingo; Adam, Elisabeth; Adriao, Diana; Ainscough, KateFunding This work was supported by the Department for International Development and Wellcome Trust [215091/Z/18/Z]; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1209135]. Country-specifc support was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Coronavirus Rapid Research Funding Opportunity [OV2170359]; the Health Research Board Ireland [CTN Award 2014-012]; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) [...