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IMPACT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ON HEMORRHAGIC STROKE
Cunha, Inês; Cunha, Joana; Matos, César; Machado, Sara; Pinto, Ana; Agudo, Margarida; Assunção, António; Andrade, Joana; Marques, Rui; Romão, VeraIntroduction: Cerebrovascular diseases continue to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although less frequent than ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes have higher mortality rates and have arterial hypertension (AHT) as the main risk factor. Objectives: Analyze the prevalence of AHT in patients hospitalized for hemorrhagic stroke, the demographic characteristics of this populatio...
IMPACT OF CHRONOTHERAPY ON HYPERTENSION MANGEMENT: INVESTIGATION PROTOCOL IN AT...
Assunção, António; Campos, Dina; Matos, César; Rebelo, Ana; Lopes Vaz, PedroIntroduction: Arterial hypertension is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events, such as acute myocardial infarction or stroke. Chronotherapy consists in using daily (circadian) or monthly hormonal rhythms to treat diseases, enhance the effects of medications and minimize iatrogenesis. It is, however, a poorly explored area, although there is evidence that chronotherapy might be useful in the treatmen...
The impact of demographic and clinical characteristics on diabetic painful neur...
Assunção, António; Campos, Dina; Marques, Rui; Cunha, Inês; Santos, Patrícia; Martins, Adriana; Gonçalves, Ana Sofia; Rebelo, Ana; Lima, CarolinaIntroduction: Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is one of the most devastating complications of diabetes mellitus; however, in contrast to other countries, there are no scientific studies in Portugal evaluating the impact of demographic and clinical characteristics of this pathological entity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of gender, metabolic control, age of diabetic patients, as well as time of dise...