Acute heart failure is a frequent cause of hospital admission in Portugal, and has an increasing tendency given the aging population. Although most admissions for acute heart failure are caused by congestive conditions, not all patients have a congestive phenotype, reflecting the complexity of a process with multiple pathophysiological pathways. The use of diuretics, usually loop diuretics, is the mainstay of t...
Funding Information: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Publisher Copyright: © Ordem dos Médicos 2023.; Introduction: Coronavirus has an impact on both the physical and mental health of individuals. The literature regarding the patient’s health status post- SARS-CoV-2 is still scarce with limited data on the prevalence of residu...
Funding 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) [...
Dentre as lesões ocorridas em jogadores de futebol, as lesões dos isquiotibiais são as mais frequentes. Programas de exercício que previnam o seu aparecimento e diminuam a sua recorrência e severidade são de extrema importância para os fisioterapeutas, treinadores e jogadores. Conhecer as evidências científicas sobre a eficácia de programas de exercício na prevenção de lesões dos isquiotibiais, em jogadores de ...