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HIV-1-Transmitted Drug Resistance and Transmission Clusters in Newly Diagnosed ...

Objective: 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...

Neurocognitive evaluation using the International HIV Dementia Scale (IHDS) and...

Objectives: We aimed to characterize neurocognitive impairment (NI) in an HIV-2 population using an observational cross-sectional study in four Portuguese hospitals. Methods: Adult HIV-2-infected patients were included. Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA) and International HIV Dementia Scale (IHDS) scales were applied for screening of NI. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Instrumental Activities ...

Small Bowel Enteroscopy - A Joint Clinical Guideline by the Spanish and Portugu...

The present evidence-based guidelines are focused on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in the management of small-bowel diseases. A panel of experts selected by the Spanish and Portuguese small-bowel study groups reviewed the available evidence focusing on the main indications of this technique, its role in the management algorithm of each indication, and its diagnostic and therapeutic yield. A set of reco...

Ligate-and-Resect Technique for Resection of a Large Pseudo-Pedunculated Subepi...

Prevalence and incidence of upper-limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders a...

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a leading work-related health issue. Work-related disability and illness are common in a wide range of activities. The association of the musculoskeletal disorders and work possibly have a temporal cause-effect relation. This study investigated the prevalence and incidence of upper-limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a factory dairy products. The stu...

Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy Using Single-Balloon Enteroscopy wit...

BACKGROUND: Direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (DPEJ) is a useful method to provide enteral nutrition to individuals when gastric feeding is not possible or contraindicated. The aim of this study was to analyze the efficacy and safety of DPEJ tube placement with the Gauderer-Ponsky technique by the pull method, using single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) without fluoroscopy. METHODS: This is a retrospective ...

Multicenter survey on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in Portugal

Device-assisted enteroscopies (DAEs) are recent endoscopic techniques that enable direct endoscopic small-bowel evaluation.

Multicenter survey on the use of device-assisted enteroscopy in Portugal

BACKGROUND: Device-assisted enteroscopies (DAEs) are recent endoscopic techniques that enable direct endoscopic small-bowel evaluation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to evaluate the implementation of DAEs in Portugal and assess the main indications, diagnoses, diagnostic yield, therapeutic yield and complication rate. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective series using a national Web-ba...

Compositional homogeneity of textured KNN-based ceramics

Smart materials like piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics play a crucial role in applications such as sensors and actuators, radio-frequency switching, drug delivery, chemicals detection, and power generation and storage. Pb (Zrx, Ti1-x) O3 (PZT), close to the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) with a composition of about x= 0.5 is currently the most widely used material for electromechanical applications [1]. Even...

Texturization of potassium sodium niobate (KNN) ceramics in the presence of CuO...