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The New FibroScan-AST (FAST) Score: Enhancing Diabetes Mellitus Impact on Metab...
Silva,Vítor Macedo; Freitas,Marta; Xavier,Sofia; Carvalho,Pedro Boal; Magalhães,Joana; Marinho,Carla; Cotte,JoséAbstract Background: Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is an increasingly prevalent cause of chronic liver disease. In 2020, the FibroScan-AST (FAST) score was internationally validated as a new tool able to identify patients with steatohepatitis who benefit the most from further therapies, based on liver transient elastography (LTE) findings and serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST). ...
How Can Patient’s Risk Dictate the Timing of Endoscopy in Upper Gastrointestina...
Freitas,Marta; Silva,Vítor Macedo; Gonçalves,Tiago Cúrdia; Marinho,Carla; Cotter,JoséAbstract Introduction: Although upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) management has improved substantially in the last decades, there is still much controversy regarding the optimal timing for performance of endoscopy. Recent guidelines suggest performing an early endoscopy within 24 h of nonvariceal UGIB (NVUGIB) presentation, although its impact on patients with different bleeding risks remains unclear. Aim...
Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: A Rare Case of Prenatal Diagnosis
Coelho,Maria Liz; Soares,Elisa; Freixo,Marília; Brandão,Pedro; Marinho,Carla; Rocha,Juliana; Rodrigues,GraçaAbstract With the widespread uptake of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), a larger cohort of women has access to fetal chromosomal sex, which increases the potential to identify prenatal sex discordance. The prenatal diagnosis of androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is an incidental and rare finding. We wish to present the diagnosis of a prenatal index case after NIPT of cell-free fetal DNA and mismatch betw...
Optimizing the Risk Assessment in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Comparison o...
Gonçalves,Tiago Cúrdia; Barbosa,Mara; Xavier,Sofia; Carvalho,Pedro Boal; Machado,João Firmino; Magalhães,Joana; Marinho,Carla; Cotter,JoséIntroduction: Although different scores have been suggested to predict outcomes in the setting of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), few comparative studies between simplified versions of older scores and recent scores have been published. We aimed to evaluate the accuracy of pre- (PreRS) and postendoscopic Rockall scores (PostRS), the GlasgowBlatchford score (GBS) and its simplified version (sGBS), as wel...
Treating Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: When Argon Therapy Is Not Enough
Castro,Francisca Dias de; Carvalho,Pedro Boal; Gonçalves,Tiago Cúrdia; Magalhães,Joana; Moreira,Maria João; Marinho,Carla; Cotter,JoséGastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) is a capillary-type vascular malformation of the gastric antrum and an infrequent cause of chronic gastrointestinal blood loss and iron deficiency anemia. The authors describe a case report of GAVE in a female cirrhotic patient presenting with severe symptomatic iron deficiency anemia. After failure of argon plasma coagulation (APC), the patient was treated with endoscopic...
Histiocitoma fibroso atípico vulvar: relato de uma entidade rara
Marinho,Carla; Silva,Roberto; Costa,Fernanda; Lopes,José ManuelAtypical fibrous histiocytoma is a rare and poorly documented variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma.The vulvar localization is rare. Its clinical behaviour is generally benign; however, it presents histological features associated with malignancy. The pathological differential diagnoses include benign and malignant skin tumors; namely, atypical fibroxanthoma, cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma, cutaneous leiomy...
Effective perinatal intensive care in europe (epice): Descrição do Projeto e pr...
Barros,Henrique; Rodrigues,Carina; Costa,Raquel; Baía,Inês; Rodrigues,Teresa; Machado,Maria do Céu; Graça,Luís; Carrapato,Rui; Couto,Adelina SáA melhoria da qualidade dos cuidados pré-natais e dos cuidados intensivos neonatais resultaram, nas últimas décadas, numa continuada diminuição da morbilidade e da mortalidade perinatais e infantis, particularmente de recém-nascidos muito pré-termo. No entanto, há uma grande variabilidade entre unidades de saúde na decisão sobre procedimentos e intervenções, quer a nível nacional quer internacional, que se pode...
Os profissionais de saúde e o aleitamento materno: um estudo exploratório sobre...
Marinho,Carla; Leal,Isabel PereiraO início e manutenção do aleitamento materno encontram-se relacionados com factores de ordem física, psicológica e social, sendo reconhecida a influência dos profissionais de saúde envolvidos neste processo. Este estudo, de carácter exploratório, transversal e descritivo tem como objectivo investigar as atitudes de técnicos de saúde em relação ao aleitamento materno. A amostra é constituída por 64 enfermeiros e...