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Avaliação do Conhecimento das Mulheres com Epilepsia em Idade Fértil sobre o Im...

Introduction: The interaction of antiseizure medication with contraceptives, its potential teratogenicity and implications in pregnancy and breastfeeding are aspects to consider in the neurological care of women with epilepsy of childbearing age. To ensure the commitment in therapeutic decisions and the appropriate planning of maternity, it is essential that women are informed about the implications of their di...

One-year rehospitalisation and mortality after acute heart failure hospitalisat...

ObjectiveTo identify factors that independently predict the risk of rehospitalisation and death after acute heart failure (AHF) hospital discharge in a real-world setting, considering death without rehospitalisation as a competing event.MethodsSingle-centre, retrospective, observational study enrolling 394 patients discharged from an index AHF hospitalisation. Overall survival was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier a...

Associations of green and blue space exposure in pregnancy with epigenetic gest...

Early life is seen as a particularly sensitive period for environmental exposures. Natural space exposure during pregnancy has been associated with offspring health. Epigenetic gestational age acceleration, a discrepancy between clinical and DNA methylation-based gestational age, may underlie these associations. In 1359 mother-newborn pairs from the population-based Generation R Study, we examined the associati...

One-year mortality after hospitalization for acute heart failure: Predicting fa...

Introduction and objectives: One-year mortality after hospitalization for heart failure (HF) is high. This study aims to identify predictive factors of one-year mortality.Methods: This is a retrospective, single-center and observational study. All patients hospitalized for acute HF during one year were enrolled.Results: A total of 429 patients were enrolled, mean age of 79 years. The in-hospital and one-year al...

Prevenção do Tromboembolismo Venoso na Gravidez, Parto e Pós-Parto: Norma de Or...

Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery

The future of selective oncology therapy applied to urological tumors - plasma ...

Evaluation of the impact of diabetes mellitus on the biology of prostate cancer

Real-world outcomes of anti-VEGF treatment for retinal vein occlusion in Portugal

PURPOSE: Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is an important cause of visual disability in the modern world. We aim to evaluate the real-world outcomes of patients with RVO treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in Portugal. METHODS: We performed a retrospective, observational, multicenter study including 8 centers across Portugal and 200 patients treated with either ranibizumab or bevacizumab. Da...

Comparison of diabetic retinopathy classification using fluorescein angiography...

PURPOSE: To analyse and compare the classification of eyes with diabetic retinopathy using fluorescein angiography (FA) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) performed either with AngioPlex or AngioVue. METHODS: This was an observational cross-sectional study of 50 eyes from 26 diabetic subjects. Two independent graders classified the FA angiograms, to assess the presence and severity of several c...