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Nationwide Access to Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Portugal

Introduction: 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 ...

Obras de Grão Vasco e da sua Oficina

This study focuses on the work of one of the main Portuguese painters from the 16th century, Vasco Fernandes also known as Grão Vasco.For comparative purposes, are addressed in this paper the following paintings attributed to Vasco Fernandes, using different criteria: the São Pedro (awarded in 1607 by Luis Pereira, minister of Viseu’s cathedral), the Tríptico de Cook (signed), the Assunção da Virgem (given alon...

Why should we screen for perinatal depression? Ten reasons to do it

In this paper we review some of the best available evidence to argue that screening for perinatal depression should be systematically conducted since pregnancy. Our view is organized in ten topics: (1) perinatal depression high prevalence; (2) its potential negative consequences, including maternal, conjugal, foetal, infantile, and child effects; (3) its under-detection and treatment; (4) its stigma; (5) the pr...

Determinants of inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption amongst Portuguese a...

BACKGROUND: A low consumption of fruit and vegetables (F&V) represents a high burden on health. The present study evaluates sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric determinants of an inadequate consumption of F&V (<5 servings per day). METHODS: Participants were randomly selected within the adult Porto population (n = 2485). Those with normal cognitive function and information on key variables were analy...

Predicting Outcome after Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Therapeutic Hypothermia Pati...

INTRODUCTION: Predicting outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest is based on data validated by guidelines that were established before the era of therapeutic hypothermia. We sought to evaluate the predictive value of clinical, electrophysiological and imaging data on patients submitted to therapeutic hypothermia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of consecutive patients receiving therapeut...

Brachial Plexus Cyst in a Patient with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy