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Validation of a Portuguese Version of the Four-Item Migraine Interictal Burden ...
Ferrão Malheiro, Sofia; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Pereira, Manuel Bragança; Nunes Vicente, Beatriz; Franco, Roberto Luís MendesBackground: Migraine is the most common neurological disorder and the second leading cause of disability. While the impact of migraine on daily life is often assessed by the frequency and intensity of attacks, the impairment between episodes is frequently overlooked. The four-item Migraine Interictal Burden Scale (MIBS-4) is a tool that can provide information and help in the evaluation of interictal disability...
Recurrent Syncope During Migraine Attacks
Dias da Costa, Mariana; Nunes Vicente, Beatriz; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Pavão Martins, IsabelMigraine is a cyclic condition with attacks consisting mainly of intense headaches, sensory intolerance, and nausea or vomiting. Loss of consciousness during attacks is often attributed exclusively to a neurally mediated reflex to pain, although it may also be due to migraine’s autonomic impairment, with cardiac conduction abnormalities, probably in relation to a degree of reduced sympathetic function. We repor...
Broadening the Spectrum of Hypnic Headache: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Leal Rato, Miguel; Pavão Martins, IsabelIntroduction: Hypnic headache is a rare headache disorder that requires strictly sleep-related attacks. There is also an ill-defined group of patients with recurrent predominant sleep-related nocturnal headache with occasional awake attacks, that are excluded from that diagnosis. Our aim was to compare these different groups and to understand whether their differences justify a distinct diagnosis. Methods: This...
Recurrent syncope during migraine attacks
Dias Da Costa, Mariana; Nunes Vicente, Beatriz; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Martins, Isabel PavãoMigraine is a cyclic condition with attacks consisting mainly of intense headaches, sensory intolerance, and nausea or vomiting. Loss of consciousness during attacks is often attributed exclusively to a neurally mediated reflex to pain, although it may also be due to migraine's autonomic impairment, with cardiac conduction abnormalities, probably in relation to a degree of reduced sympathetic function. We repor...
Inherited myopathies in patients from Sub-Saharan Africa: results from a retros...
Oliveira, Renato; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Coelho, Joana E; Roque, Rafael; Moreno, Teresa; Oliveira Santos, MiguelThe clinical epidemiology of inherited myopathies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unknown but likely underdiagnosed due to problems of scientific research and social issues. We report a case series of patients born in SSA, evacuated to Portugal through an international health protocol and seen at a single neuromuscular disorders centre, between January/2004 and August/2021. We identified 9 patients (5 males), 35...
Mean platelet volume is a prognostic marker in acute ischemic stroke patients t...
Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Calçada, Alexandre; de Sousa, Diana Aguiar; Dias, Mariana; Fonseca, Ana Catarina; Melo, Teresa Pinho e; Canhão, PatríciaBackground and objectives: There is conflicting data regarding the association between platelet parameters and prognosis of stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. We aimed to analyze this association in a cohort of patients treated with rtPA. Material and methods: Retrospective, observational study in adult ischemic stroke patients treated with rtPA between January 2015 and February 2017. Demogr...
Neurological complications of infective endocarditis
Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Rosário, Madalena; Fonseca, Ana Catarina; Ferro, JoséPurpose of review: The purpose of this narrative review and update is to summarize the current knowledge and provide recent advances on the neurologic complications of infective endocarditis. Recent findings: Neurological complications occur in about one-fourth of patients with infective endocarditis. Brain MRI represents a major tool for the identification of asymptomatic lesions, which occur in most of the pa...
Neurological complications of cardiac tumors
Rosário, Madalena; Fonseca, Ana Catarina; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Ferro, JoséPurpose of review: This article reviews recent literature regarding the neurological manifestations of cardiac tumors, including diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment. Recent findings: Clinical cases of patients with acute ischemic stroke due to cardiac tumors who were treated with intravenous alteplase show a favorable safety profile. Mechanical thrombectomy seems to be a reasonable treatment alternative f...