This study aimed to analyse the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis diagnosis indicators. A systematic review was conducted, examining studies published between 2020 and 2024 in Portuguese, English, or Spanish across five databases and Google Scholar. The search, performed in March 2024, led to the identification of 6,378 studies, of which 23 were included after an independent review of title...
Este estudo explora as trajetórias de vida de jovens com medida tutelar educativa de internamento em Centro Educativo, analisando a intervenção do Sistema de Promoção e Proteção e as razões pelas quais esta não conseguiu prevenir e mitigar o desenvolvimento de comportamentos delinquentes mais graves. Os resultados indicam que muitos destes jovens foram sujeitos a múltiplas intervenções anteriores, revelando a p...
Tuberculosis (TB) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is usually paucibacillary and the smear microscopy has limitations and may lead to high proportions of non-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (NC-PTB). Despite culture being the reference method, it usually takes 6 to 8 weeks to produce the results. This study aimed to analyze the effect of a rapid molecular test (Xpert) in the confirmatory rate of PTB among PLH...
O presente estudo desenvolvido no ano de 2021, durante a pandemia da Covid-19 em Portugal, teve como objetivo dar a conhecer o Espaço Artes do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Espaço Artes do IPL) à comunidade da Escola Superior de Educação (ESELx), através de um projeto em Mediação Artística e Cultural (MAC) no plano digital e afastar a distância simbólica que existia entre os mesmos. A proposta de intervenção...
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In recent years, there has been a gradual and generalised increase in interest on cultural mediation and its professional practice. In this logic, art museums with educational services are seeking to create new shared symbolic spaces in order to promote access and cultural fruition according to the public, in which the role of the mediator and their methodology are a common feature in this plural relationship. ...
Despite tea beneficial health effects, there is a substantial risk of tea contamination by harmful pathogens and mycotoxins. A total of 40 tea samples (17 green (raw) tea; 13 black (fermented) tea; 10 herbal infusions or white tea) were purchased from different markets located in the Lisbon district in 2020. All products were directly available to consumers either in bulk (13) and or in individual packages (27)...
In recent years, hospital overcrowding has become a crucial aspect to take into consideration in inpatient management, which may negatively affect the quality of service provided to the patient. Inpatient management aims, through efficient planning, to maximise the availability of beds and conditions for the patient, considering cost rationalisation. In this way, this research has allowed the prediction of the ...
In recent years, hospitals around the world are faced with large patient flows, which negatively affect the quality of patient care and become a crucial factor to consider in inpatient management. The main objective of this management is to maximize the number of available beds, using efficient planning. Intensive Care Units (ICU) are hospital units with a higher monetary consumption, and the importance of indi...
Introduction: Our study aimed at identifying barriers to the initiation of insulin therapy and its associated sociodemographic and labor factors. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out through a survey applied to 146 general practitioners working in Almada and Seixal primary health care centers, between October and December 2019, assessing their agreement on 30 barriers using a 5-point...