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In Memoriam of António José de Barros Veloso (1930 - 2025)

Revisão pelos Pares e Cidadania Científica

A Mudança e as Novas Qualidades

Comment to the special article "Utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in ...

[Excerpt] Dear Director, First, I congratulate the authors for contextualizing the importance of delirium at hospital level in the special article "Utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in hospitalized patients with acute confusional syndrome of unclear etiology" by Carrasco-Molina et al.1 Nonetheless, I would like to offer a few additional comments on this crucial topic.[...]

Testicular ultrasound: an emergency medicine perspective

Ultrasound of the scrotum plays a crucial role in assessing acute scrotal conditions in the Emergency Department. Although the Emergency Physician and Intensivist have shared responsibility for the care of the critically ill patient, the Emergency Physician typically uses Point-of-care Ultrasound in a broader range of applications than the intensivist to include advanced abdominal, obstetric, testicular, muscul...

Reflexão sobre a realidade da publicação na revista portuguesa de Medicina Interna

[Excerto] One of the aspects that is most concerned with the agents involved in editing in general and medical in particu lar is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to produce content. As Dr. Helena Donato mentioned in the article of our Special Edition "Digital Medicine", in a survey promoted by Nature to a group of more than 1600 scientists, 31% reported that they used the Chatbots currently available. Ab...

Peer review and scientific citizenship

[Excerpt] At the launch of the first issue of the journal Medicina Interna, it is unavoidable not to reflect on the previous year's issues. And we never tire of repeating it every year: there is a hidden work, without which there is no quality editing – the work of the reviewers. First, it is up to us, the Editorial Board, to sincerely thank all the Reviewers who contributed to the quality of the scientific edi...

Hiatal hernia-induced dyspnea in a patient with ascites: Leveraging point-of-ca...

A hiatal hernia (HH) is characterized by the protrusion of the stomach or other abdominal viscera into the mediastinum. The mechanism of increased intra-abdominal pressure is typically associated with this condition. When there are additional contributing factors causing increased abdominal pressure, like ascites resulting from chronic liver disease, it can exacerbate HH symptoms, including dyspnea. The incorpo...

Navigating Confidently in the Sea of Uncertainty

Diagnóstico de Endocardite de Dupla Válvula à Cabeceira do Doente: Um Diagnósti...

A endocardite infeciosa associa-se a elevada morbilidade e mortalidade, pelo que o seu diagnóstico e tratamento precoce são cruciais. A endocardite de dupla válvula é uma entidade pouco frequente e pouco estudada na literatura, que confere pior prognóstico e maior taxa de mortalidade. A ecografia à cabeceira do doente tem emergido como ferramenta indispensável na medicina de urgência e emergência, permitindo di...