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Occupational Chromium Allergy and Contact Dermatitis: 10 Years Evolution
Afonso, Alexandre; Silva, Joana; Silva, Ricardo; Pacheco, Vânia; Pinheiro, Vítor; Antunes, Isabel; Gonçalo, MargaridaIntroduction: Chromium has been responsible for occupational skin disease, both irritant and/or allergic contact dermatitis. In order to minimize this problem, regulatory measures limiting its use have been implemented. The impact of these regulations should be monitored over time. Material and Methods: A retrospective study from 2009 to 2018 was carried out in the Department of Dermatology to assess the tempor...
Statistical analysis of urban waste management via Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) syst...
Silva, Vítor Hugo; Sepúlveda, Dalila; Pinto, Daniel; Pinheiro, Vítor; Jota, Laura; Fontão, Catarina; Castro, João Pedro; Costa, Anita; Ribeiro, JoãoAt present the production of waste is a problem in several countries, where the rate of waste has gradually increased due to several factors that influence the development of the population. A pioneering project called Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) was implemented in the Portuguese city of Guimaraes and is managed by the municipal company VITRUS AMBIENTE. The challenge of this project is to identify the factors that ...
Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Healthcare Workers
Pinheiro, Vítor; Pestana, Catarina; Marques, Francisco; Pinho, André; Antunes, Isabel; Gonçalo, MargaridaIntroduction: Occupational allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is frequent among health care workers (HCW) and culprit allergens may vary with time, occupational setting and exposure hazards.Objectives and Methods: In order to characterize the main contact allergens in HCW with dermatitis and its occupational relevance, we performed a retrospective analysis of clinical data and patch test (PT) results from HCW wh...
Principais Causas de Dermatite de Contacto Alérgica Ocupacional: Um Estudo de T...
Pestana, Catarina; Gomes, Raquel; Pinheiro, Vítor; Pinto-Gouveia, Miguel; Antunes, Isabel; Gonçalo, MargaridaIntrodução: A dermatite de contacto alérgica, tal como a dermatite de contacto irritativa e as reações imediatas, urticária de contacto, são as principais doenças dermatológicas profissionais mas raramente notificadas aos sistemas nacionais de vigilância de riscos profissionais. Pretendemos avaliar as profissões mais frequentemente relacionadas com o diagnóstico de dermatite de contacto alérgica, os alergénios ...
Main Causes of Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis: A Three Year Study in ...
Pestana, Catarina; Gomes, Raquel; Pinheiro, Vítor; Gouveia, Miguel; Antunes, Isabel; Gonçalo, MargaridaIntroduction: Allergic contact dermatitis, along with irritant contact dermatitis and immediate contact reactions, contact urticarial, are the most frequent dermatological occupational disease, but seldom reported to the National authorities.Material and Methods: We performed a 3-year retrospective study at the allergology section in the Dermatology Clinic of the University Hospital of Coimbra to evaluate the m...
CHADS2 e CHA2DS2VASc como preditores de fonte cardioembólica em prevenção secun...
Sá, Tiago; Sargento-Freitas, João; Pinheiro, Vítor; Martins, Rui; Teixeira, Rogério; Silva, Fernando; Mendonça, Nuno; Cordeiro, Gustavo; Gonçalves, LinoIntrodução e objetivos: A cardioembolia representa uma das causas mais frequentes de lesões cerebrovasculares isquémicas, com prevalência estimada de 20-30% e implicações terapêuticas diretas que obrigam à sua correta avaliac¸ão. Apesar de a validação das escalas de risco cardioembólico (CHADS2 e, mais recentemente, CHA2DS2-VASc) em populações heterogéneas de doentes com fibrilhac¸ão furicular, desconhece-se ai...
AniMAL - a user interface prototyper and animator for MAL interactor models
Guerreiro, Nuno; Mendes, Sandrine; Pinheiro, Vítor; Campos, J. CreissacEngineering correct software is one of the grand challenges of computer science. Practical design and verification methodologies to ensure correct software can have a substantial impact on how programs are built by the industry. As human-machine systems become more functional, they also become more complex. Consequently, the interactions between the machine and its users becomes less predictable and more diffic...