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The gut microbiota, bile acids and their correlation in primary sclerosing chol...
Torres, J; Palmela, C; Brito, H; Bao, X; Ruiqi, H; Moura-Santos, P; Silva, J; Oliveira, A, et al.BACKGROUND: Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease (PSC-IBD) have a very high risk of developing colorectal neoplasia. Alterations in the gut microbiota and/or gut bile acids could account for the increase in this risk. However, no studies have yet investigated the net result of cholestasis and a potentially altered bile acid pool interacting with a dysbiotic gut...
Increased Risk for Metachronous Gastric Adenocarcinoma Following Gastric MALT L...
Palmela, C; Fonseca, C; Faria, R; Baptista, RB; Ribeiro, S; Ferreira, AOGastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (gMALT) and gastric adenocarcinoma (GC) are long-term complications of chronic Helicobacter pylori (HP) gastritis. Treatment of HP infection induces remission in most patients with gMALT. Endoscopic follow-up is not currently endorsed after complete remission. However, the risk of GC in these patients is unclear. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to est...
Career Satisfaction of Medical Residents in Portugal
Martins, MJ; Laíns, I; Brochado, B; Oliveira-Santos, M; Teixeira, PP; Brandão, M; Cerqueira, RJ; Castro-Ferreira, R; Bernardes, C; Menezes, MNINTRODUCTION: The satisfaction with the medical profession has been identified as an essential factor for the quality of care, the wellbeing of patients and the healthcare systems' stability. Recent studies have emphasized a growing discontent of physicians, mainly as a result of changes in labor relations. OBJECTIVES: To assess the perception of Portuguese medical residents about: correspondence of residency w...