Intervenção Social. ISSN 0874-1611. N. 66 (2025).; A insegurança alimentar refere-se ao acesso limitado ou incerto a alimentos nutritivos, afetando principalmente famílias vulneráveis. A implementação do programa Cartão Social Mais Pessoas em Portugal, surge como uma medida de mitigação deste problema, permitindo aos beneficiários a aquisição de alimentos essenciais em supermercados aderentes, com base numa lis...
Homem de 71 anos, tabagismo prévio, apresentou dor intensa no flanco direito após trauma torácico. A imagiologia revelou uma massa extrapulmonar de grandes dimensões com destruição da 5.ª costela direita. A biópsia confirmou plasmocitoma com restrição da cadeia lambda. Os plasmocitomas da parede torácica são raros e podem progredir para mieloma múltiplo. Este caso realça a importância de considerar neoplasias h...
Primary microcephaly is an often-seen phenotype in several rare congenital syndromes. It is characterised by a smaller brain size at birth compared to the norm. The causes of this malformation are not fully understood, but genetic testing suggests a connection with defective genes involved in mitotic regulation and proteins related to DNA repair and replication pathways. Cohesinopathies represent a group of rar...
Background: The dietary intake of hospitalised patients is often compromised during hospitalisation, which can be a causal factor for hospital malnutrition. This is considered a public health problem worldwide and is associated with an increased risk of other complications. Objectives: Our objective was to determine the dietary intake of hospitalised individuals and if the prescribed diet influences it. Methods...
Background: Lung cancer (LC) patients are prone to suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition negatively affects patients’ response to therapy, increases the incidence of treatment-related side effects, and decreases survival. Early identification of LC patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition can promote recovery and improve prognosis. Objective: This study aimed to assess the risk and nutritional ...
Background: Post-COVID condition encompasses a spectrum of persistent or emerging symptoms affecting multiple organ systems, including a heightened risk of cardiovascular complications. Despite growing recognition of this phenomenon, there remains a lack of comprehensive data regarding the incidence and risk factors associated with cardiovascular events during the post-acute phase in patients previously hospita...
Background: The Montreal classification has been widely used in Crohn's disease since 2005 to categorize patients by the age of onset (A), disease location (L), behavior (B), and upper gastrointestinal tract and perianal involvement. With evolving management paradigms in Crohn's disease, we aimed to assess the performance of gastroenterologists in applying the Montreal classification. Methods: An online survey ...
Background: the complex care of the critically ill person requires the need for areas of specialization in Nursing that provide nurses with enhanced skills, allowing the provision of individualized and specialized care. Objective: map knowledge about the impact of specialized nursing in the care of people in critical situations. Methodology: a scoping review was carried out, proposed by The Joanna Briggs Instit...
Primary microcephaly is an often-seen phenotype in several rare congenital syndromes. It is characterised by a smaller brain size at birth compared to the norm. The causes of this malformation are not fully understood, but genetic testing suggests a connection with defective genes involved in mitotic regulation and proteins related to DNA repair and replication pathways. Cohesinopathies represent a group of rar...