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A comparison of in-hospital acute myocardial infarction management between Port...
Lobo, Mariana F.; Azzone, Vanessa; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Melica, Bruno; Freitas, Alberto; Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Gonçalves, Francisco N. RochaObjective: To compare healthcare in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treatment between contrasting health systems using comparable representative data from Europe and USA. Design: Repeated cross-sectional retrospective cohort study. Setting: Acute care hospitals in Portugal and USA during 2000-2010. Participants: Adults discharged with AMI. Interventions: Coronary revascularizations procedures (percutaneous co...
The Atlantic divide in coronary heart disease : epidemiology and patient care i...
Lobo, Mariana F; Azzone, Vanessa; Resnic, Frederic S; Melica, Bruno; Pinto, Armando Teixeira; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Freitas, Alberto; Nisa, CláudiaIntroduction and Objectives: We aimed to compare access to new health technologies to treat coronary heart disease (CHD) in the health systems of Portugal and the US, characterizing the needs of the populations and the resources available. Methods: We reviewed data for 2000 and 2010 on epidemiologic profiles of CHD and on health care available to patients. Thirty health technologies (16 medical devices and 14 d...
Picturing inequities for health impact assessment : linked electronic records, ...
Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Rodrigues, Teresa; Fernandes, Elisabete; Lobo, Mariana F.; Nisa, Cláudia Fernandes; Azzone, Vanessa; Pinto, Armando TeixeiraHealth impact assessment (HIA) focuses on minimizing inequities when studying the effects of a policy on the population’s health. Nevertheless, it is seldom simultaneously quantified, multivariate, and visually graphically comprehensible for non-statisticians. This paper aims to address that gap, assessing a policy promoting the quality of Electronic Health Records, linking hospital and primary health care data...
Male gender is an important clinical risk factor for iron deficiency in healthy...
Antunes, Henedina; Santos, Cristina; Carvalho, Susana; Gonçalves, Sónia; Pereira, Altamiro CostaBackground & aims: To identify ID risk factors in infancy, and try to explore why ID is more prevalent in boys than in girls in the first year of life. Methods: A multiple logistic regression was performed on data of 201 infants, with ferritin<12 ng/ml as the dependent variable and months of breastfeeding, weight gain from birth to 9 months (WG), and gender as independent variables. To compare haematological pa...
Impact of aortic dimensions and pulse pressure on late aneurysm formation in op...
Almeida, Ana G.; Nobre, Ângelo L.; Pereira, Ricardo A.; Pereira, Altamiro Costa; Tavares, Clara; Cravino, João; Lopes, Mário G.Background: Patients operated on for type A aortic dissection remain at risk of long-term aneurysm development, the main cause for late death. The aim of this study was to identify early predictors for aneurysm formation at three-years after surgery. Methods A study group of 70 consecutive patients (52 ± 10 years-old, 41 male), operated on for aortic dissection with replacement of the ascending segment, was eva...
Preferências e motivações dos utentes do Centro de Saúde de São João no recurso...
Hespanhol, Alberto Pinto; Ribeiro, Orquídea; Pereira, Altamiro CostaRESUMO - Objectivos: avaliar os utentes do Centro de Saúde (CS) de São João relativamente à procura de cuidados de saúde, nomeadamente os locais a que recorrem e as motivações por que o fazem. Método: questionário de auto-resposta distribuído a todos os utentes que recorreram ao CS de São João durante a semana de 10 a 14 de Maio de 2004. Resultados: 78% dos utentes (n = 576) responderam ao questionário. Quando ...