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Does road accessibility to cities support rural population growth? Evidence for...
Melo, Patrícia; Rego, Conceição; Anciães, Paulo; Guiomar, Nuno; Muñoz-Rojas, JoséMotorways in Portugal received large scale funding after the country joined the European Union in 1986, making it an ideal case to study the effect of road accessibility on the development of lagging rural areas. We investigate the relationship between rural population change and road accessibility to the urban hierarchy between 1991 and 2011. We find that rural population growth is negatively associated with i...
Does road accessibility to cities support rural population growth? Evidence for...
Melo, Patrícia; Rego, Conceição; Anciães, Paulo Rui; Guiomar, Nuno; Muñoz-Rojas, JoséDoes road accessibility to cities support rural population growth? Evidence for Portugal between 1991 and 2011
Pediatric myringoplasty – retrospective analysis over a 5-year period
Seixas, João; Vaz Pinto, Pedro; Palma Delgado, Inês; Melo, Patrícia; Sousa, HerédioObjectives: Myringoplasties are frequently performed in pediatric patients, but there is still controversy regarding the best surgical technique and factors influencing its success. The aim of this study is to characterize a population of pediatric patients undergoing myringoplasty and evaluate the following outcomes: perforation closure, audiometric results and factors affecting surgical success. Study Design:...
Subannular tubes - An alternative for long term tympanic ventilation
Oliveira Seixas, João; Damaso, Ricardo; Delgado, Inês; Melo, Patrícia; Sousa, Herédio; Oliveira Martins, Isabel; Barros, EzequielObjectives: To describe the results of subannullar tube placement in pediatric patients with pars tensa retraction. Study design: Observational transversal retrospective study. Materials and methods: Clinical records of patients submitted to subannullar tube placement between 2008 and 2019 were evaluated for medical history and clinical and audiological outcomes. Results: Fifteen patients (18 ears) were incl...
01066 - SPATIAL DISPARITIES IN POPULATION GROWTH ACROSS RURAL AREAS IN PORTUGAL...
Melo, Patrícia; Rego, Conceição; Muñoz-Rojas, José; Anciães, PauloThis study provides evidence on spatio-temporal patterns of socio-economic performance across rural small areas (freguesias) in Portugal between 1991 and 2011, and investigates the factors underlying the differences in relative performance occurred during that period. The study creates a new unique socio-economic dataset using small- scale geographies (freguesias), while the majority of previous studies focusin...
Does country size affect the relationship between population density and labour...
Pontes, José Pedro; Melo, PatríciaThe empirical literature on the relationship between labour productivity and urbanisation economies has considered the presence of variable returns to density, but it has not investigated the existence of a heterogeneous relationship according to country size. This paper proposes a theoretical model which can explain why the relationship between regional labour productivity and population density may differ in ...
Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to a retropharyngeal abscess in ...
Moreira, Carla; Melo, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Cristóvão; Barros, EzequielIntroduction: Necrotizing descending mediastinitis (NDM) represents a severe and rare form of mediastinal infection, which can be secondary to a contiguous dissemination of pharyngeal infections. Also infrequent, retropharyngeal abscess is associated with high complication and mortality rates, including NDM. Early diagnosis and treatment of these clinical entities represent a clinical challenge in hospital emer...
Recovery of Cochlear and Vestibular Function after Labyrinthine Haemorrhage
Araújo-Martins, José; Melo, Patrícia; Ribeiro, Cristóvão; Barros, EzequielInner ear haemorrhage is a rare disorder with disabling symptoms. Prognosis is generally considered to be poor with essentially no chance of functional recovery. The most common aetiologies are related to blood dyscrasias, anticoagulant therapy or local trauma. The association with autoimmune diseases is exceptional. The authors report a case of sudden deafness with vertigo in a patient with rheumatoid arthriti...
Bilateral superior semicircular canal dehiscence - A rare cause of disequilibri...
Melo, Patrícia; Pinto, Luís Marques; Elias, Cecília; Barros, EzequielIntroduction: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome (SSCDS) is a recently recognized clinical condition which was initially described by Minor et al. in 1998. The proposed underlying mechanism involves the existence of a dehiscence of bone overlaying the superior semicircular canal creating a third mobile window which produces a path of least resistance that shunts acoustic energy through the vestibul...
SPONTANEOUS PARAPHARYNGEAL HAEMATOMA
Melo, Patrícia; Lopes, Alexandra; Eliseu, Anibal; Costa Quinta, José.; .