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A comprehensive review of the literature on continuous improvement approaches i...
Monteiro, C.; Rocha, Ada; Vera L. Miguéis; Afonso, CláudiaContinuous improvement (CI) have been recognised as one of the most effective ways to improve organisational performance. However, there is a lack of research on this topic from a food service perspective. Thus, the aim of this work is to explore the adoption of CI-focused methodologies in food services and to understand how they contribute to improving the performance of these services. Critical success factor...
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio are not predict...
Pinho, I. Soares de; Barroso, T.; Trabulo, C.; Campoa, E.; Patel, V.; Gonçalves, L.; Araújo, J.; Monteiro, C.; Ferreira, A.; Machado, B.; Dâmaso, S.Pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAChT) has been validated as a predictor of long-term survival in breast cancer (BC), especially in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
O papel do enfermeiro especialista em enfermagem médico-cirúrgica no cuidado ao...
Hipólito, M.; Carvalho, A.; Barros, S.; Oliveira, C.; Monteiro, C.; Gonçalves, N.; Lima, J.; Soares, L.; Encarnação, PaulaA hemorragia digestiva é a causa mais frequente de urgências no serviço de endoscopia digestiva, que se pode manifestar por hematémeses, melenas, rectorragias ou anemia aguda. O objetivo primordial do enfermeiro na abordagem do doente com hemorragia digestiva é a sua estabilização hemodinâmica, através de meios avançados de vigilância, monitorização e terapêutica.O enfermeiro especialista em enfermagem médico-c...
Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on the social support of people with COPD
Almeida, S.; Rebelo, P.; Rodrigues, G.; Samuel, E.; Monteiro, C.; Grave, A.; Dias, C.; Santos, C.; Simões, A.; Rodrigues, C.; Marques, S.Social support improves general health (e.g., reduces hospitalisations and exacerbations) and well-being of people with COPD, but it has shown to be low in this population. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has potential to improve social support of people with COPD, however, this needs to be investigated. This study explored the impacts of PR on the social support of people with COPD. An observational study was co...
Hábitos alimentares em distintos períodos pandémicos ao longo da história: uma ...
Monteiro, C.; Jorge, RuiA quarentena, voluntária ou obrigatória, suscita transformações inevitáveis no estilo de vida. A presente revisão narrativa da literatura visa estudar os hábitos alimentares adotados durante pandemias e epidemias com repercussões mundiais. Enquanto antigamente as doenças infeciosas eram predominantes em indivíduos desnutridos por escassez de alimento, hoje afetam desnutridos devido a hábitos alimentares excessi...
Exploring the potential of cuttlebone waste to produce building lime
Ferraz, Eduardo; Gamelas, J. A.F.; Coroado, João; Monteiro, C.; Rocha, F.The goal of this study is to find a practicable way to recycle cuttlebone waste in the production of lime. It was studied the behavior of calcium oxide obtained from the calcination of this waste at 900, 1000 and 1100 ºC and, after wet slaking, the produced lime was characterized. All the results were compared to calcium oxide or to hydrated lime obtained from commercial limestone. According to the slaking resu...
Complete pathological response (pCR) in gastroesophageal cancer: Correlation wi...
Cabral, Francisco; Cruz, A.; Casaca, R.; Monteiro, C.; Ramos, P.; Pedro, C.; Brandão, F.; Fonseca, R.; Ratão, P.; Saldado, L.; Pinto, Iola; Abecasis, N.Purpose. - Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) followed by surgery in patients with resectable esophageal or esophagogastric junctional (GEJ) (Siewert I) cancer is associated with long term overall survival benefits. Up to one third of all patients submitted to nCRT present pathological complete response (pCR). F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with CT (F-18-FDG PET-CT) is an important tool ...
Predictive model of response to tafamidis in hereditary ATTR polyneuropathy
Monteiro, C.; Mesgazardeh, J.; Anselmo, J.; Fernandes, J.; Novais, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Brighty, G.; Powers, D.; Powers, E.; Coelho, T.; Kelly, J.BACKGROUNDThe hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidoses are a group of diseases for which several disease-modifying treatments are now available. Long-term effectiveness of these therapies is not yet fully known. Moreover, the existence of alternative therapies has resulted in an urgent need to identify patient characteristics that predict response to each therapy.METHODSWe carried out a retrospective cohort s...
Epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiling of periprostatic adipose tissue in pro...
Cheng, Y.; Monteiro, C.; Matos, A.; You, J.; Fraga, A.; Pereira, C.; Catalán, V.; Rodríguez, A.; Gómez-Ambrosi, J.; Frühbeck, G.; Ribeiro, R.; Hu, P.Background: Periprostatic adipose tissue (PPAT) has been recognized to associate with prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness and progression. Here, we sought to investigate whether excess adiposity modulates the methylome of PPAT in PCa patients. DNA methylation profiling was performed in PPAT from obese/overweight (OB/OW, BMI > 25 kg m-2) and normal weight (NW, BMI < 25 kg m-2) PCa patients. Significant differen...
Aspergillus Species and Antifungals Susceptibility in Clinical Setting in the N...
Pinto, E.; Monteiro, C.; Maia, M.; Faria, M.; Lopes, V.; Lameiras, C.; Pinheiro, D.Aspergillus spp. are agents of a broad-spectrum of diseases among humans. Their growing resistance to azoles, the cornerstone in the management of human aspergillosis, is a worrisome problem around the world. Considering lack of data from Portugal on this topic, particularly from the northern region, a retrospective surveillance study was planned to assess frequency of cryptic Aspergillus species and azoles res...