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Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Validation of “PROMIS GI - Disrupted Swall...
Rodrigues, José Pedro; Mascarenhas, André; Félix, Catarina; Nascimento, David; Correia, Helena; Dias Curto, José; Chagas, Cristina; Tato Marinho, RuiIntroduction: Dysphagia is a prevalent condition (20%), and occurs more frequently in women and in older people. It negatively impacts innumerous aspects of patient’s personal and professional lives. Patient-reported outcomes allow patients to directly quantify their experience regarding dysphagia and evaluate its true impact on quality of life. Among the scales available, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement ...
Highliting the Importance of Business Intelligence Maturity Models in the Healt...
Silva, João; Gonçalves, Célia Talma; Félix, CatarinaThe digital transformation associated with the huge volume of data that healthcare organizations deal with, nowadays, are on the basis of transforming this complex knowledge-driven industry to transform data into knowledge. The healthcare industry requires comprehensive models to help identifying the priorities to implement a Business Intelligence (BI) solution. Business Intelligence can help organizations make...
Ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage following Epstein-Barr virus infection
Rios, Jonathan; Félix, Catarina; Proença, Paula; Malaia, Luís; Nzwalo, HipólitoThe epidemiological link between inflammation, infection, and acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is well known.1 Transient prothrombotic status and vasculitis are possible explanatory factors.1 Aneurysm formation in association with central nervous system infections is occasionally reported.2 Ischemic or hemorrhagic complication in relation to neurotropic virus infections, including Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) are rarely...
Should we mind for late neurologic manifestations from novel coronavirus?
S. André, Ana; Félix, Catarina; Nzwalo, HipólitoWe read with great interest the article published by Montalvan et al. [1] reviewing the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections. The review was focused on the acute complications described in humans and in animal models of coronavirus infection.
On the plausibility of late neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with the...
S. André, Ana; Félix, Catarina; Corvacho, Mafalda; Nzwalo, HipólitoRecognition of the association between acute and subacute different neuropsychiatric manifestations with the infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is progressively being recognized.
Are post-dispersed seeds of <i>Eucalyptus globulus</i> predated in the introduc...
Deus, Ernesto; Silva, Joaquim S.; Marchante, Hélia; Marchante, Elizabete; Félix, CatarinaPlantations of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. have been expanding rapidly worldwide. The species is considered invasive in several regions. While in the native range, post-dispersal seed predation is known to severely limit eucalypt recruitment, there is no experimental evidence of seed predation in the introduced range. We hypothesised that E. globulus seeds largely escape predation in Portugal, which may explain...
Incidence and case-fatality from spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in a sout...
Nzwalo, Hipólito; Nogueira, Jerina; Félix, Catarina; Guilherme, Patrícia; Baptista, Alexandre; Figueiredo, Teresa; Ferreira, Fatima; Marreiros, AnaBackground: There is scarce information on incidence and case fatality of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) in certain regions of the world, including in Europe. There is no community-based data on SICH in Southern Portugal. Aim: To determine the incidence and early case-fatality from SICH in Algarve, the southernmost region of Portugal. Methods: The recommended criteria for stroke incidence studies w...
On the pathways of an imperfect chameleon: posterior reversible encephalopathy ...
Félix, Catarina; Nunes, Nádia; Florêncio, André; Grande, Pablo; Gozabez, Beatriz; Milheiro, Miguel; Soleiro, Luis; Shamasha, Motassen; Nzwalo, HipólitoPosterior reversible encephalopathy (PRES) is a rare clinicoradiological syndrome characterized by a variety of neurological manifestations such as acute encephalopathy, headache, seizures, visual loss, and focal neurologic signs in association with a reversible and predominantly posterior leukoencephalopathy [1,2]. Although precipitated by severe hypertension in most cases, other conditions such as eclampsia, ...