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Lymph Node Metastases in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Case Report

Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a frequent incidental finding after thyroidectomy and is associated with a good prognosis. The authors present a clinical case of a female 54-year-old patient who underwent total thyroidectomy for a non-toxic multinodular goiter with pathological diagnosis of incidental, bifocal, classic papillary microcarcinoma, with tall cell focus, at that time classified as pT3(m); R0, AJCC/TM...

Migração de uma prótese de hérnia inguinal: relato de caso

Introdução: A hérnia inguinal é um tipo de hérnia da parede abdominal e constitui a patologia cirúrgica mais comum nos cuidados de saúde primários. A infeção local e a formação de seroma ou hematoma são complicações comuns, ao contrário de complicações mais graves, como a migração da prótese ou a perfuração de órgãos adjacentes. Descrição do caso: Utente do sexo masculino, de 57 anos de idade, com múltiplos ant...

“Hospital, hospice, or home: a scoping review of the importance of place in ped...

Validation of the Bipolar Recovery Questionnaire for the Portuguese Population:...

Introduction: The paradigm in mental health care is progressively moving towards a recovery-focused perspective. Thus, there is a need for validated instruments to measure recovery in bipolar disorder (BD). The Bipolar Recovery Questionnaire (BRQ) is the most used instrument to assess it. The aim of this study was to translate and perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the BRQ to European Portuguese (PT-PT) and...

Low-Protein Diets, Malnutrition, and Bone Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a high prevalence worldwide, with increasing incidence in low- and middle-income countries, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, particularly from cardiovascular disease. Protein-restricted diets are one of the most widely used non-pharmacological approaches to slow the progression of CKD and prevent associated metabolic abnormalities. However, some concerns have...

Determinants of psychotherapists' attitudes to online psychotherapy

Introduction: Online psychotherapy is a form of work that is becoming more and more popular. Public health problems, such as COVID-19, forced mental health professionals and patients to incorporate new methodologies such as the use of electronic media and internet to provide follow-up, treatment and also supervision. The aim of this study was to investigate which factors shape the therapists’ attitudes toward o...

Continuidade de cuidados de enfermagem em âmbito comunitário à criança com nece...

Southampton mindfulness questionnaire: Confirmatory factor analysis and psychom...

Objectives Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (SMQ) is one of the available instruments to assess mindfulness and has been described as particularly suited for clinical populations. The original study of the SMQ conceptualized it as having four facets, but yielded a single factor structure. The aim of this study was to confirm the SMQ factor structure and examine its psychometric properties in clinical and n...

Prediction scenarios of past, present, and future environmental suitability for...

Climate change is a challenge for forests in the coming decades, with a major impact on species adaptation and distribution. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the most vulnerable hotspots for biodiversity conservation under climate change in the world. This research aimed at studying a Mediterranean species well adapted to the region: the Arbutus unedo L. (strawberry tree). The MaxEnt, a presence-only species-d...

Nutrient Content with Different Fertilizer Management and Influence on Yield an...

Assessing a plant’s nutritional status and fertilizer rates and types that can optimize fruit quality and yield are critical in intensive apple orchards. The aim of this work was to identify correlations between nutrients in the different organs that allow the early diagnosis of the nutritional status and to assess the impact on the optimal nutrient content in apple leaves, as well as in the yield and quality o...