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Treatment patterns and preferences of people living with HIV starting or switch...
Pedro, L; Zagalo, A; Tavares, R; Pacheco, P; Oliveira, J; Vaz Pinto, I; Serrão, R; Tavares, S; Brito, P; Maltez, F; Neves, I; Carvalho, A; Teófilo, EBackground: There is a lack of up-to-date real-life evidence on antiretroviral therapy (ART) strategies among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Portugal. This study aimed to describe the treatment strategy used in PLWH either initiating or switching ART. Methods: Non-interventional, cross-sectional, multicenter study carried out between December 2019 and October 2021 in Portugal. Results: A total of 237 PLWH wer...
HIV-1-Transmitted Drug Resistance and Transmission Clusters in Newly Diagnosed ...
Pingarilho, M; Pimentel, V; Miranda, M; Silva, AR; Diniz, A; Ascenção, B; Piñeiro, C; Koch, C; Rodrigues, C; Caldas, C; Morais, C; Faria, DObjective: To describe and analyze transmitted drug resistance (TDR) between 2014 and 2019 in newly infected patients with HIV-1 in Portugal and to characterize its transmission networks. Methods: Clinical, socioepidemiological, and risk behavior data were collected from 820 newly diagnosed patients in Portugal between September 2014 and December 2019. The sequences obtained from drug resistance testing were us...
Ainda há lugar para a revascularização ultradistal na era endovascular? A propó...
Garrido, P; Pedro, L; Fernandes, R; Sousa, G; Pato, M; Silvestre, L; Fernandes, JA cirurgia endovascular tem actualmente um papel preponderante no tratamento de doentes com isquemia crítica (IC) por doença do sector tíbio-peronial, reduzindo substancialmente o número de procedimentos de revascularização aberta. No entanto, quando não é possível a abordagem endovascular ou na sua falência e existindo um padrão apropriado, podemos considerar a cirurgia de bypass distal ou ultradistal como uma...
Optimism on quality of life in Portuguese chronic patients: moderator/mediator?
Vilhena, E; José Luís Pais Ribeiro; Silva, I; Pedro, L; Meneses, RF; Cardoso, H; Silva, AM; Mendonca, DObjective: optimism is an important variable that has consistently been shown to affect adjustment to quality of life in chronic diseases. This study aims to clarify if dispositional optimism exerts a moderating or a mediating influence on the personality traits-quality of life association, in Portuguese chronic patients. Methods: multiple regression models were used to test the moderation and mediation effects...
Mobile health platform for pressure ulcer monitoring with electronic health rec...
Rodrigues, J; Pedro, L; Vardasca, T; Torre-Diez, I; Martins, HPressure ulcers frequently occur in patients with limited mobility, for example, people with advanced age and patients wearing casts or prostheses. Mobile information communication technologies can help implement ulcer care protocols and the monitoring of patients with high risk, thus preventing or improving these conditions. This article presents a mobile pressure ulcer monitoring platform (mULCER), which help...