Background: A patient recovering from an in-hospital or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) requires interventions for recovery, particularly for minimising secondary brain injury. Targeted temperature management (TTM) is the intervention with the greatest impact on neurological recovery. Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to describe current TTM in adult CA patients and its impact on functional outcome...
Background: A patient recovering from an in-hospital or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) requires interventions for recovery, particularly for minimising secondary brain injury. Targeted temperature management (TTM) is the intervention with the greatest impact on neurological recovery. Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to describe current TTM in adult CA patients and its impact on functional outcome...
In a time when domestic violence has led to an increasing number of incidents, continuing to disproportionately affect women, the education and social intervention project “Women and Mothers of Courage” (Monteiro, 2023), through a psychosocial approach (both individual and group) methodologically guided by participatory action research, has brought a new perspective, a renewed outlook, and new hope to the lives...
Introduction: Studies have shown the worsening of migraine associated with the COVID-19 infection and the pandemic more broadly. COVID-19 vaccination has also been associated with symptomatic headache, with high frequency among migraineurs. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 diagnosis and vaccine administration on migraine, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to migr...
A dismenorreia primária é a patologia ginecológica que afeta mais mulheres em idade fértil estando associada a elevadas taxas de absentismo laboral, pelo impacto negativo que pode ter na qualidade de vida (Ju et al., 2013).
Objective: The objective of this review is to identify the level of discomfort caused by immobilization as reported by trauma victims, and to map all the interventions in the prehospital context where they have been implemented and evaluated in order to reduce discomfort in adult victims of trauma. Introduction: Immobilization is a cause of discomfort for trauma victims, which has important implications for the...
O artigo descreve e analisa uma prática de literacia autêntica realizada com estudantes do 6º ano de escolaridade do Ensino Básico, numa escola urbana portuguesa, com um propósito de compromisso cívico democraticamente participativo. A atividade, decorrente de uma decisão tomada pelos estudantes, consistiu na redação de uma carta, endereçada a cidadãos da Ucrânia, seguindo os procedimentos do ciclo de escrita, ...
The article describes and analyses an authentic literacy practice performed with 6th grading students in a Portuguese urban school, with a democratically participatory civic commitment purpose. The activity, resulting from a decision taken by the students, consisted in the writing of a letter, addressed to citizens of Ukraine, following the procedures of the writing cycle, accompanied by a drawing. The le...
O presente trabalho reflete sobre o contrato de seguro com período intermitente, em que a cobertura pode ser interrompida e reiniciada pelo segurado através de aplicativo de celular, com enfoque no papel desempenhado pela álea no contrato de seguro. A partir da definição de contrato de seguro na legislação e sua regulamentação pela Superintendência de Seguros Privados (SUSEP), passando pelo estudo da relação en...