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Introduction: Over 50% of complications related to laparoscopy occur during the entry phase for pneumoperitoneum and trocar insertion. Major vascular injuries, although infrequent (0.04–0.1% of laparoscopic procedures), can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, with 13%–50% going undetected immediately during surgery. Major vascular injuries rank as the second most common cause of death during laparoscop...
Leishmania infantum, a zoonotic vector-born parasite, is endemic in the Mediterranean region, presenting mostly as visceral (VL), but also as cutaneous (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML). This study aimed to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the CL and ML cases diagnosed in mainland Portugal between 2010 and 2020. Collaboration was requested from every hospital of the Portuguese National Hea...
No vigésimo aniversário da agenda Mulheres, Paz e Segurança (Resolução 1325 (2000) do Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas), apesar do progresso registado, ainda persistem barreiras à sua total implementação. Portugal não sendo exceção, é recomendável, e oportuno, que reforce o desempenho para a participação integradora das mulheres na paz e segurança internacionais, especialmente no espetro de ação das forç...
Introduction Since the declaration of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic in March 2020, Portugal was considered a role model with regards to the first COVID-19 wave. However, a third wave started in 2021 started, turning the country into the worst in the world regarding new infections and death rate per capita in the last weeks of January 2021. No significant data regardin...
The aim of this article is to revisit the question of the social origins of the armed forces officer corps, using data drawn from a survey to all cadets following military training at the three Portuguese service academies in 2016. It puts forward the question of whether the sociological characteristics of the future military elite reveal a pattern of convergence with society or depart from it, in terms of geog...
Face à situação de emergência global provocada pela disseminação do vírus COVID-19, declarada pela Organização Mundial de Saúde, é patente que as organizações internacionais, os Estados, as instituições públicas e privadas e os cidadãos foram surpreendidos pelos seus efeitos nas diferentes sociedades. Os anos de 2020 e 2021 têm sido caraterizados pela adoção de sucessivas medidas em termos globais e nacionais, ...
Botulism is an acute toxin-mediated neuroparalytic syndrome caused by some Clostridium species. It typically presents itself as an acute symmetric descending paralysis of cranial and peripheral nerves, which can potentially evolve to respiratory failure and death. We report a case of botulism diagnosed in a patient presenting with a parotitis probably due to xerostomia, even though he had already sought medical...
Estudos em homenagem ao professor António Martins da Cruz / coord. José de Matos Correia, Ricardo Leite Pinto. - Lisboa : Universidade Lusíada, 2020. - P. 269-282.
The aim of this article is to revisit the question of the social origins of the armed forces officer corps, using data drawn from a survey to all cadets following military training at the three Portuguese service academies in 2016. It puts forward the question of whether the sociological characteristics of the future military elite reveal a pattern of convergence with society or depart from it, in terms of geog...