Aims: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a complex disease with a wide variety of manifestations and outcomes. We recently created PORTRESS, the Portuguese SjD registry within Reuma.pt. We aim to describe this registry and characterize our national cohort. Methods: We included patients with a clinical diagnosis of SjD, registered in PORTRESS up to November 2023. Demographic, clinical, treatment, and patient-reported ou...
Introdução: Os profissionais de Turismo são frequentemente first-responders de situações críticas, resultado da elevada procura de turismo de montanha, aquático e de desportos radicais na nossa região, por vezes até praticados em locais remotos. Sensibilizados para a necessidade de dotar estes profissionais de competências em Suporte Básico de Vida, um grupo de anestesiologistas organizou uma formação hands-on,...
A decisão sobre o momento de um procedimento eletivo após infeção por SARS-CoV-2 deve ser multidisciplinar, centrada no doente. Na avaliação do risco/benefício de um adiamento devem ser ponderados: risco de progressão da patologia de base; tempo decorrido após a infeção por SARS-CoV-2; risco infecioso; gravidade da apresentação clínica inicial da COVID-19; persistência de sintomas; estado clínico e de fragilida...
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has raised numerous questions among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases regarding potential reciprocal effects of COVID-19 and their underlying disease, and potential effects of immunomodulatory therapy on outcomes related to COVID-19. The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and factors associated with symptomatic COVID-19 in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory d...
The MINEPLAT project (Assessment of the mineral resources potential in the continental shelf of Alentejo and of the environmental conditions caused by the tectonic uplift in the PlioceneQuaternary) allowed acquisition of 1700 km of ultra- high resolution seismic profiles, and full coverage of multibeam bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of 1450 km2 and 1940km of magnetic data of the Alentejo continental shelf,...
Background: The vasculitides are a group of rare diseases with different manifestations and outcomes. New therapeutic options have led to the need for long-term registries. The Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Reuma.pt, is a web-based electronic clinical record, created in 2008, which currently includes specific modules for 12 diseases and > 20,000 patients registered from 79 rheumatology centres. On Oct...