Background and Aims: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, comparable to a large extent to other organ insufficiencies. The need for palliative care (PC) in patients with ESLD is high. In Portugal, in the only identified study, more than 80% of patients hospitalized with ESLD had criteria for PC. No results specified which needs they identified or their transplantation...
Introduction: End-stage liver disease (ESLD) is the advanced phase of most liver diseases. The cure is liver transplantation (LT), only available for a minority of patients. This review summarizes the evidence regarding palliative care (PC) in ESLD patients awaiting LT. Methods: Review of the literature available in Medline, Scopus and Web of Knowledge, with keywords ESLD and PC. Results: Fifteen of the 230 art...
Tetanus is a disease of safe and easy prevention, although it continues to be a frequent pathology, with variable incidence in different countries. Portugal occupies one of the top positions in European countries. The aim of this theoretic revision is a greater sensitivity to the prevention and diagnosis of the disease.; Tetanus is a disease of safe and easy prevention, although it continues to be a frequent pa...