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Unmasking the hidden threat: COPD awareness and knowledge in Portugal

The burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is recognised worldwide, constituting a major public health problem due to significant morbidity and mortality. Portugal is not an exception to the impact of the COPD burden. The most recent data for the Portuguese population indicates that COPD is the fifth cause of death, with an estimated prevalence of 14.2% for individuals > 40 years old, as shown i...

Impacto Da Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica (DPOC)

Patologia, patógenese e patofisiologia da DPOC

Fatores que influenciam o desenvolvimento e progressão da DPOC

DPOC e COVID

Respiratory Failure: A Definition and Classification Proposal

At present, respiratory failure (RF) is commonly defined as a laboratory abnormality, evident only after performing arterial blood gas analysis (ABG), instead of being recognized as a clinical syndrome with characteristic symptoms and signs, different stages and severity levels, and with aetiology dependent physiopathological features. This often complica its clinical diagnosis, especially in early stages, hamp...

SYSVENT: Proof of Concept Study of a Prototype to Ventilate Critical Care Patients

Introduction: The new coronavirus pandemic has led to scarcity of invasive ventilation resources in hospitals in several countries. In this context, the Portuguese Medical Association invited intensive care physicians who, in collaboration with SYSADVANCE S.A., developed SYSVENT OM1, a ventilator capable of operating in controlled and assisted modes (volume and pressure) and able to treat patients admitted to i...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry: Development, Features, and Data Sharing ...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...

The portuguese severe asthma registry : development, features, and data sharing...

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...