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Electroconvulsive Therapy Use in Major Depressive Disorder Hospitalizations in ...
Araújo, Marta; Freitas, Alberto; Gonçalves Pinho, ManuelIntroduction: Depression, recognized as a major contributor to global disability, requires diverse therapeutic strategies. While psychological therapy and antidepressant medications are primary interventions, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) emerges as a valuable option for severe and treatment ‑resistant cases. This retrospective observational study explores the scenery of depressive disorder‑related hospital...
Acute Gastroenteritis Hospitalizations in Children with and without Risk Factor...
Martins Leite de Almeida, Ana Laura; Leite, Rui; Freitas, Alberto; Azevedo, Inêsn/a.; n/d.
Psychiatric Comorbidities in Neurologic Hospitalizations in Portugal: A Nationw...
Gonçalves-Pinho, Manuel; Martins, Bárbara; Costa, Andreia; Ribeiro, João Pedro; Freitas, Alberto; Azevedo, Elsa; Fernandes, LiaIntroduction: Psychiatric comorbidities have a significant impact on patients’ quality of life and often go undetected in neurologic practice. The aim of this study was to describe and characterize psychiatric comorbidities among patients hospitalized due to a neurologic disorder in mainland Portugal.Methods: A retrospective observational study was performed by analyzing hospitalization with a primary diagnosis...
Schizophreniform Disorder Related Hospitalizations: A Clinical and Demographic ...
Teixeira da Cunha, Inês; Silveira, Celeste; Freitas, Alberto; Gonçalves Pinho, ManuelIntroduction: Schizophreniform disorder manifests itself with similar symptoms to schizophrenia, but it is distinguished from the latter by its shorter duration, varying between at least one and six months. This study aimed to describe and analyze schizophreniform disorder related hospitalizations in a national hospitalization database.Methods: We planned a descriptive retrospective study using a nationwide hos...
Impact Of Open And Endovascular Caseload In Lower Limb Amputation In Portugal –...
Jácome, Filipa; Freitas, Alberto; Sampaio, Sérgio; Dias-Neto, Marina; Castro-Ferreira, RicardoObjectives: Effective revascularization is the cornerstone of limb salvage in chronic limb threatening ischemia. In recent years, less invasive endovascular revascularization techniques have supplanted surgical bypass as the primary mode of revascularization. The real impact of this transition is being increasingly questioned. This study aims to evaluate the endovascular evolution, and how it impacted the amput...
Multidisciplinary development and initial validation of a clinical knowledge ba...
Pereira, Ana Margarida; Jácome, Cristina; Jacinto, Tiago; Amaral, Rita; Pereira, Mariana; Sá-Sousa, Ana; Couto, Mariana; Vieira-Marques, PedroMost mobile health (mHealth) decision support systems currently available for chronic obstructive respiratory diseases (CORDs) are not supported by clinical evidence or lack clinical validation. The development of the knowledge base that will feed the clinical decision support system is a crucial step that involves the collection and systematization of clinical knowledge from relevant scientific sources and its...
Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a scoping...
Gorasso, Vanessa; Morgado, Joana Nazaré; Charalampous, Periklis; Pires, Sara M.; Haagsma, Juanita A.; Santos, João Vasco; Idavain, Jane; Ngwa, Che HenryObjectives: Within the framework of the burden of disease (BoD) approach, disease, and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease prevention. Considering the important differences in methods, and their impact on burden estimates, we conducted a scoping literature review to: (1) map the BoD assessments including risk factors perf...
Design and development of ontology for ai-based software systems to manage the ...
Martinho, Diogo; Crista, Vítor; Karakaya, Ziya; Gamechi, Zahra; Freitas, Alberto; Neves, José; Novais, Paulo; Marreiros, GoretiPoor and sedentary lifestyles combined with bad dietary habits have an impact on our health. Nowadays, diet-related diseases have become a major public health issue, threatening the sustainability of healthcare systems, and new strategies to promote better food intake are now being explored. In this context, the use of ontologies has gained importance over the past decade and become more prevalent. By incorpora...
Nationwide Access to Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Portugal
Dias, Mariana Carvalho; Reis, Ricardo Soares dos; Santos, João Vasco; Nunes, Ana Paiva; Ferreira, Patricia; Maia, Bruno; Fragata, Isabel; Reis, JoaoIntroduction: Since the publication of endovascular treatment trials and European Stroke Guidelines, Portugal has re-organized stroke healthcare. The nine centers performing endovascular treatment are not equally distributed within the country, which may lead to differential access to endovascular treatment. Our main aim was to perform a descriptive analysis of the main treatment metrics regarding endovascular ...
Healthcare equity and commissioning: a four-year national analysis of Portugues...
Pereira, António; Biscaia, André; Calado, Isis; Freitas, Alberto; Costa, Andreia; Coelho, AnabelaEqual and adequate access to healthcare is one of the pillars of Portuguese health policy. Despite the controversy over commissioning processes’ contribution to equity in health, this article aims to clarify the relationship between socio-economic factors and the results of primary healthcare (PHC) commissioning indicators through an analysis of four years of data from all PHC units in Portugal. The factor that...