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Hospital Admissions for Herpes Zoster in Portugal Between 2000 and 2010
Mesquita, Margarida; Froes, FilipeIntroduction and Objectives: Herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia increasing incidence is related to ageing. These conditions can be very debilitating and have an important impact in patients’ quality of life. In an ageing population like the Portuguese, is expectedthat the burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia rises, nevertheless, a specific surveillance system for zoster does not exist in t...
Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal bet...
Froes, Filipe; Diniz, António; Mesquita, Margarida; Serrado, Margarida; Nunes, BaltazarRecent studies in the USA and northern Europe have shown an increase in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In southern Europe this increase has not yet been documented. We carried out a retrospective analysis from encoded information from the Portuguese database for hospital admissions which included all individuals aged 18 or above, with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia, who were discharged between 2000 and 2...
Psychiatric illness and the wish to conceive
Mesquita, MargaridaThis case was considered important to publish because it was a clinical and ethical challenge with various controversial points, the patient was considered «difficult» and the familiar approach was important to reach conclusions about the diagnosis and clinical procedure. The report is about a 43 years old woman with a heavy psychiatric precedent history who presents amenorrhoea and symptoms of being pregnant. ...
Diabetic retinopathy - The role of Family Medicine
Nogueira, Vanda; Mouro, Pedro; Vila-Franca, Marta; Mesquita, Margarida; Caldeira-Rosa, Paulo; Gallego, Rosa; Castanheira-Dinis, AntónioIntroduction: Diabetic retinopathy is one of the main causes of blindness and of visual dysfunction in developed countries. The prevention of ocular lesions and their progression is the main objective of cooperation between General and Family Practitioners and Ophthalmologists. Methods: In the present study we reviewed the most recent publications from major centres concerning risk factors of diabetic retinopat...