Funding Information: This work was supported by the IReL Consortium. European Respiratory Society Clinical Research Collaboration (Prof. Ignacio Martin-Loeches) for The European Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections (ENIRRIs), Universidad de La Sabana, Chia, Colombia [Grant Number: MED-244-2018]\u00A0and Clinica Universidad de La Sabana, Chia, Colombia. Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.; Backg...
Funding Information: This research was funded by the IReL Consortium. European Respiratory Society Clinical Research Collaboration (Prof Ignacio Martin-Loeches) for The European Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections (ENIRRIs) and Universidad de La Sabana [MED-244-2018]. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Background: Nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections (nLRTIs) are associated with un...
Moura, L., Hermenegildo, C., Rosa, M. T., Castro, M. D., Franco, D., Diogo, J., Fernandes, A. C., Mateus, C., Froes, F., George, F., & Lopes, H. (2025). Strategic Consensus on a Proposed Vaccination Schedule for Adults in Portugal. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.23273 --- The authors gratefully acknowledge the valuable insights provided by all Think Tank participants, namely, Ana Clar...
Funding Information: The BARI study was funded by Sanofi. Publisher Copyright: © 2024, The Author(s).; Background: Despite their higher risk of developing severe disease, little is known about the burden of influenza in Portugal in children aged < 5 years old. This study aims to cover this gap by estimating the clinical and economic burden of severe influenza in children, in Portugal, during ten consecutive inf...
Funding Information: Gil A, Díez-Domingo J, Rabaçal C, Raposo J, Robalo Cordeiro C, have received fees from Sanofi. Martinón Torres F received honoraria from GSK group of companies, Pfizer Inc, Sanofi, MSD, Seqirus, and Janssen for taking part in advisory boards and expert meetings and for acting as a speaker in congresses outside the scope of the submitted work. Martinón Torres F has also acted as principal in...
Funding Information: The BARI study was funded by Sanofi. Funding Information: CG, MM, HB, and CDC are Sanofi employees. MC, HL, and GB are IQVIA employees. FF, JCDS, CR, JFR, and CRC have received fees from Sanofi. JCDS reports Advisory Board from Boehringer Ingelheim; personal fees and Advisory Board from GSK; grants, personal fees, and Advisory Board from AstraZeneca; personal fees and Advisory Board from Bi...
Background Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of mortality and has a high burden in morbidity. In Portugal, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugated vaccine (PCV) was used since 2001 and PCV10/13 since 2009, being the last introduced into the National Immunization Program in 2015. Methods We conducted an ecological study to evaluate the impact of PCV7 and PCV13 on pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) hospitalizations in adu...
Introduction: Skin and skin structure infections are an increasing cause of hospitalization. Although mortality is relatively low, skin and skin structure infections are associated with prolonged hospital length of stay and high costs. Oxazolidinones have been suggested as a tool to treat infected patients in the ambulatory setting in order to decrease hospital length of stay. We wanted to address the evidence ...
Publisher Copyright: © ERS 2017.; The clinical course of intensive care unit (ICU) patients may be complicated by a large spectrum of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), defined by specific epidemiological, clinical and microbiological aspects. A European network for ICU-related respiratory infections (ENIRRIs), supported by the European Respiratory Society, has been recently established, with the aim at...