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Portuguese Version of the Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory: a Multicenter...
Azevedo, LF; Sampaio, R; Dias, C; Romão, J; Lemos, L; Agualusa, L; Vaz-Serra, S; Patto, T; Costa-Pereira, A; Castro-Lopes, JMBackground: We aimed to perform the translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the Pain Beliefs and Perceptions Inventory (PBPI) for the European Portuguese language and chronic pain population. Methods: This is a longitudinal multicenter validation study. A Portuguese version of the PBPI (PBPI-P) was created through a process of translation, back translation, and expert panel evaluation. The PBPI-P wa...
Pharmacological versus microvascular decompression approaches for the treatment...
Lemos, L; Alegria, C; Oliveira, J; Machado, A; Oliveira, P; Almeida, AIn idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN) the neuroimaging evaluation is usually normal, but in some cases a vascular compression of trigeminal nerve root is present. Although the latter condition may be referred to surgery, drug therapy is usually the first approach to control pain. This study compared the clinical outcome and direct costs of (1) a traditional treatment (carbamazepine [CBZ] in monotherapy [CBZ p...
Effectiveness of the association between carbamazepine and peripheral analgesic...
Lemos, L; Fontes, R; Flores, S; Oliveira, P; Almeida, ATreatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is achieved by using adjuvant analgesics like antiepileptics, with carbamazepine (CBZ) being the first-line approach for TN patients, although side effects may be present. Other approaches using gabapentin, namely when associated with peripheral analgesic block of TN trigger points with the local anesthetic ropivacaine (ROP), resulted in decreased pain and daily drug intak...
Health care delivered to Portuguese children. The past, present and new challen...
Palminha, J M; Lemos, L; Cordeiro, MThe socio-economic development of a country as well as the state of its health, its communications network, cultural level and health care organisation together affect what is known as the health indicators. Portugal belongs to the group of UNICEF countries with the best indicators in what concerns infant mortality and death below the age of five. It is still, however, 25th and 28th respectively at world level....
The aspects of humanizing in hospitals for adults. We learn from pediatric expe...
Lemos, LSince the late seventies, the Portuguese pediatric health services have gradually been accepting and desiring the presence of a family member during a child's hospital stay, due to the affective and psychological benefits thereof. This attitude was extended to include the emergency room, wards and intensive care units. In the majority of cases there is a perfect understanding between the health care team and th...