Abstract Introduction: Food-related quality of life (FR-QoL) has been shown to be an important patient-reported outcome in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to translate and validate a Portuguese version of the FR-QoL-29. Methods: This was a case-control cross-sectional study undertaken at a tertiary hospital. After obtaining the original authors’ authorization, both forward and backward translations of...
Resumo Enquadramento: a complexidade do cuidado à pessoa crítica fundamenta a necessidade de áreas de especialização em Enfermagem que dotam o enfermeiro de competências acrescidas, permitindo a prestação de cuidados individualizados e especializados. Objetivo: mapear o conhecimento sobre o impacto da enfermagem especializada no cuidado à pessoa em situação crítica. Metodologia: realizada uma scoping review, pr...
Resumo Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre as principais tendências identificadas na evolução da população recenseada no sistema prisional português, entre 2000 e 2017. Partindo de uma análise que cruza as alterações no campo do direito penal com os dados estatísticos oficiais e relatórios e estudos nacionais e internacionais sobre a aplicação da pena de prisão no país, pretende-se compreender e identifica...
Abstract Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe and rare manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A 10-year-old-girl without epidemiological context of COVID-19 presented with fever, headache, and vomiting with two days of evolution. She was hemodynamically stable. Laboratory tests showed lymphopenia, mild thrombocytopenia, and positive C-reactive protein. Reverse transcription polymera...
ABSTRACT We report a case of a 84-year-old male hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia who, during hospitalization, developed a flexural exanthema in parallel with a positive swab for SARS-CoV-2. Supportive therapy was instituted, the rash disappeared in 7 days and the patient fully recovered. At the same time, two other cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred in the same ward. Histopathology and immunohistochemis...
Abstract This article analyses the policies of affectations in the context of the disaster which occurred in late 2015, when an iron ore tailings dam ruptured, affecting thousands of families in the Rio Doce River Valley, in the southeast of Brazil. The paper discusses the challenges faced by victims of the disaster, given that the ‘affected person’ as a social subject goes through a dramatic process of forced ...