Introduction: Palliative care (PC) plays a key role in improving the quality of life of patients with serious or life-limiting illnesses. Within hospital settings, inpatient palliative care support teams (IPCST) are essential for identifying complex palliative needs and facilitating coordinated care between services. This study aimed to characterize and compare the activity of the IPCST at Bragança Hospital Uni...
Feminino, 57 anos, antecedentes de Hipertensão e Leiomioma uterino. Referenciada à consulta de Medicina Interna por anemia. Durante a primeira consulta, foram observadas várias lesões nodulares fibrosas e móveis, maioritariamente no tronco, abdómen e costas, com 2 manchas café-au-lait. Lesões semelhantes no pai e na tia paterna, sem diagnóstico. A Doente não apresentava alteração do crescimento nem do desenvol...
In Portugal, music teachers in official music schools make minimal use of traditional Portuguese folk music, and there is a notable absence of research examining its use in the classroom and the informal learning practices associated with it. In light of these considerations, an educational project was developed in 2021/2022 as part of the supervised teaching practice at the Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delg...
Portuguese Traditional Music is often overlooked in formal teaching at music schools in Portugal. Furthermore, there has been little research into its use in the classroom and the informal learning practices associated with it. Thus, an Educational Project was developed and implemented in 2021/2022, at the Regional Conservatory of Ponta Delgada (CRPD), involving 7 violin students aged between 9 and 14 years and...
We report a fatal case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Portugal. An 83-year-old man, initially suspected of having Mediterranean spotted fever, was later confirmed to have Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever by the detection of viral genome in the patient's serum and the presence of specific IgM antibodies.
The compound 7,4prime-dihydroxy-5-methoxyflavylium (dracoflavylium) was identified as the major red colorant in samples of the resin ldquodragon's bloodrdquo, extracted from the tree Dracaena draco. The complex network of reversible chemical reactions that dracoflavylium undergoes in aqueous solution is fully described; for the first time, all the equilibrium constants that enable a complete characterisation of...