Abstract Introduction: Playing is a fundamental activity of childhood. The primary goal of this study was to characterize the playing habits of Portuguese children aged between three and five years old. The secondary goals were to investigate children’s sleeping habits, audiovisual media exposure, and behavior, as well as caregivers´ perception of these. Material and methods: Observational study based on the ap...
ABSTRACT Objective: Cystography an invasive procedure with potential complications such as urinary infection (UI). There are few studies about the incidence of complications associated with this procedure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of post-cystography urinary infection (UI.). Methods: Retrospective study with a review of clinical records of patients under 15 years of age, followed i...
Introdução: O hiperparatiroidismo primário é uma doença rara na idade pediátrica e define-se como uma alteração primária das glândulas paratiroideias, que condiciona uma produção excessiva de hormona paratiroideia. Caso Clínico: Adolescente do sexo masculino com doze anos de idade admitido na Urgência pediátrica por lombalgia tipo cólica e disúria. A ecografia renal evidenciou litíase renal. A investigação labo...
Information on comorbidities and medication of people with dementia (PWD) in long-term-facilities (LTF) is scarce. This study analysed type and number of comorbidities and medication of PWD in LTF. A descriptive-study was conducted in 40 LTF, characterising 329 PWD. Socio-demographics, dementia type, comorbidities and medication were collected with International-Classification-of-Functionality-checklist. Cognit...
Following the implementation of the new European environmental directives, Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which involve the ban of lead from electronic and electrical products, this work presents process development work, production and reliability testing of real products from several electric and electronic assemblers using l...