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Introduction: The incidence of stroke increases exponentially with age, representing the leading cause of death after the 80 years of age. Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV-rtPA) represents an advance in the treatment of ischemic stroke and its use in the elderly > 80 years old was a recent target of discussion.Material and Methods: A retrospective study was performed...
Objective: To investigate the dynamics of phylogenetic transmission clusters involving immigrants of Portuguese Speaking Countries living in Portugal. Design/methods: We included genomic sequences, sociodemographic and clinical data from 772 HIV migrants followed in Portugal between 2001 and 2017. To reconstruct HIV-1 transmission clusters, we applied phylogenetic inference from 16 454 patients: 772 migrants, 2...
Migration is associated with HIV-1 vulnerability. Objectives: To identify long-term trends in HIV-1 molecular epidemiology and antiretroviral drug resistance (ARV) among migrants followed up in Portugal Methods: 5177 patients were included between 2001 and 2017. Rega, Scuel, Comet, and jPHMM algorithms were used for subtyping. Transmitted drug resistance (TDR) and Acquired drug resistance (ADR) were defined as ...
The hypothesis that the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders can be affected by excluding foods containing gluten and casein has generated considerable interest among researchers. A review of the literature describing the results of gluten- and casein-free diet as a therapeutic intervention was performed. Based on an analysis of PubMed® citations using the search terms ["casein" OR "gluten" AND "autism"], 64 a...
A síndrome takotsubo é uma síndrome cardíaca aguda de bom prognóstico que ocorre mais frequentemente em mulheres pós‐menopausa e que, geralmente, é precedida por stress psicológico ou físico. Os autores recolheram dados demográficos e clínicos e avaliaram aspectos psiquiátricos e psicológicos numa amostra de sete doentes com este diagnóstico. Foram aplicadoso Questionário de Saúde do Doente e o ...
As Doenças do Comportamento Alimentar (DCA) devem ser entendidas numa perspectiva multidimensional, valorizando-se o contexto biopsicossocial. Nestas patologias é o corpo, em primeira instância, que revela a doença, sendo desta forma o alvo de expressão do conflito. Apresenta uma vivência perturbada e uma fraca estruturação da Imagem Corporal. Esta entende-se como a construção subjectiva que o indiví...