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Longitudinal assessment of migraine burden in resistant and refractory migraine...
Pensato, Umberto; Ornello, Raffaele; Rosignoli, Chiara; Caponnetto, Valeria; Onofri, Agnese; Braschinsky, Mark; Sved, Olga; Gil-Gouveia, RaquelBackground: Some individuals with migraine fail to respond adequately to preventive treatments, bearing most of migraine burden. The European Headache Federation (EHF) classifies these individuals into resistant migraine (ResM) or refractory migraine (RefM) according to treatment failures, debilitating headache days, and disease duration. We investigated the evolution of these categories over six months in pati...
International Classification of Orofacial Pain: Portuguese Translation (2024)
Parreira, Elsa; Fonseca, Júlio; Brás, Alice; Pereira, Joana; Pereira, Liliana; Oliveira, Renato; Moutinho, Rita; Machado, SaraThe new International Classification of Orofacial Pain (ICOP) (1st Edition), a joint venture of the International Headache Society, American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP), Orofacial and Head Pain Special Interest Group (OFHP SIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) and International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM), lists all causes of orofacial ...
CGRP-targeted medication in chronic migraine - systematic review
Oliveira, Renato; Gil-Gouveia, Raquel; Puledda, FrancescaBACKGROUND: Chronic migraine is a highly debilitating condition that is often difficult to manage, particularly in the presence of medication overuse headache. Drugs targeting the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), or its receptor have shown promising results in treating this disorder. METHODS: We searched Pubmed and Embase to identify randomized clinical trials and real-world studies reporting on the use ...
Hypophosphatemia as Potential Biomarker of Tonic-Clonic Seizures in the Emergen...
Oliveira, Renato; Pimentel, JoséTransient alteration of consciousness is common in the emergency department. Tonic-clonic seizures (TCS) are a frequent presumptive diagnosis, but there is no reliable postictal biological marker. We report the case of a 19-year-old man with two episodes of generalized TCS, four months apart. Both were associated with moderate-to-severe hypophosphatemia (0.9 mg/dL, reference range 3.0-4.5 mg/dL). The investigat...
Cranial autonomic symptoms and neck pain in differential diagnosis of migraine
Vicente, Beatriz Nunes; Oliveira, Renato; Martins, Isabel Pavão; Gil-Gouveia, RaquelCranial autonomic symptoms and neck pain have been reported to be highly prevalent in migraine, although they are rarely considered in clinical evaluation. The aim of this review is to focus on the prevalence, pathophysiology, and clinical characteristics of these two symptoms, and their importance in the differential diagnosis between migraines and other headaches. The most common cranial autonomic symptoms ar...
Serviços de Saúde em Cefaleias em Portugal – 2022: resultado de Inquérito pela ...
Gil-Gouveia, Raquel; Oliveira, Renato; Delgado, Henrique; Palavra, FilipeIntrodução: Com o objectivo de otimizar os cuidados médicos prestados aos doentes com cefaleias em Portugal, a Sociedade Portuguesa de Cefaleias (SPC) transpôs para a realidade portuguesa as recomendações europeias para organização dos serviços de saúde neste contexto. Nesse documento são calculadas as necessidades de recursos, em termos de serviços de saúde, para garantir um apoio efetivo e de qualidade a este...
Headache Health Services in Portugal – 2022: A Survey by the Portuguese Headach...
Gil-Gouveia, Raquel; Oliveira, Renato; Delgado, Henrique; Palavra, FilipeIntroduction: Aiming to improve the medical care provided to patients with headaches in Portugal, the Portuguese Headache Society (SPC) transposed the European recommendations for the organization of health services for headache to the Portuguese context. This document calculates the need for resources, in terms of health services, to ensure effective and quality support for headache patients, both in terms of ...
Functional Disorders in Neurology and Gastroenterology: Notes on Terminology, C...
Teodoro, Tomás; Oliveira, RenatoN/a.; N/a.
Inherited myopathies in patients from Sub-Saharan Africa: results from a retros...
Oliveira, Renato; Dourado Sotero, Filipa; Coelho, Joana E; Roque, Rafael; Moreno, Teresa; Oliveira Santos, MiguelThe clinical epidemiology of inherited myopathies in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is unknown but likely underdiagnosed due to problems of scientific research and social issues. We report a case series of patients born in SSA, evacuated to Portugal through an international health protocol and seen at a single neuromuscular disorders centre, between January/2004 and August/2021. We identified 9 patients (5 males), 35...
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Atypical Presentation of a Very Rare Disease
Oliveira, Renato; Dias, Marta; Marques, Inês BrásCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease typically presents as rapidly progressive dementia. We describe the case of a 59-year-old male patient presenting with sudden onset of central facial palsy and dysarthria, followed by myoclonus of his left upper and lower limbs. Initial brain magnetic resonance showed hyperintensity of the right caudate and putamen on diffusion-weighted imaging and T2 sequences. Cerebrospinal fluid ana...