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Development of a mobile health app for the management of hypertension, includin...
Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Viera-Marques, Pedro; Valente, José; Holtkötter, Jannis; Amaral, Rita; Jácome, Cristina; Ferreira, Ana; Almeida, RuteWe aim to develop a mHealth smartphone app with a novel strategy to support the management of hypertension, including the measurement of adherence to treatment, taking advantage of the widespread use of smartphones and using only their embedded sensors. We have designed and developed a cross-platform, multi-language app which allows to register a pharmacological treatment and to customize alerts for the patient...
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
Ferreira, Daniel; Almeida, Mariana; Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Araújo, Rui; Abreu, PedroN/a.; N/a.
Oncology Referral Concerning Paediatric Neurosurgery? Analysis of the Situation...
Batista, Ana; Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Vaz, Rui; Oliveira, JoanaIntroduction: Primary central nervous system tumours represent the second most frequent neoplasm and are the leading cause of death from solid tumours in children. Our study aimed to provide the most up-to-date epidemiological analysis of primary central nervous system tumours in children living in the north of Portugal and to explore a possible effect of the centralisation of care on outcomes.Material and Meth...
Acuidade de Critérios Clínicos e Testes Laboratoriais na Infeção Primária pelo ...
Correia-Costa, Liane; Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Azevedo, Inês; Conde, Sílvia; Barreira, João LuísIntrodução: O vírus Epstein-Barr é o principal responsável por síndromes mononucleósicos. O diagnóstico laboratorial inicia-se por avaliação do hemograma, testes de deteção de anticorpos heterófilos e anticorpos específicos (serologia), mas é cada vez mais frequente o recurso à pesquisa de ácido desoxirribonucleico deste vírus por técnicas de biologia molecular. Estudou-se a relação entre clínica e testes labor...
Analysis of the Cochrane Review: Angiotensin Converging Enzyme Inhibitors Versu...
Nogueira-Silva, Luís; Fonseca, João A.Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers are first line drugs in the treatment of hypertension. The aim of this review was to assess if there are differences between these drug classes regarding the prevention of total mortality, occurrence of cardiovascular events and of adverse effects. A systematic review and metanalysis was performed, searching for studies that compare angi...