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Well-Being at Work: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Portuguese Nutritionists

<jats:p>This exploratory, nationwide cross-sectional study was performed to investigate the well-being of Portuguese nutritionists, in addition to outlining their professional and demographic profile. Descriptive analyses were carried out to determine the measures relating to centralising tendency and dispersion of the sample. We compared means and proportions through t-tests and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). T...

IberoAmerican Consensus on Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners: Safety, Nutritional ...

International scientific experts in food, nutrition, dietetics, endocrinology, physical activity, paediatrics, nursing, toxicology and public health met in Lisbon on 2-4 July 2017 to develop a Consensus on the use of low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) as substitutes for sugars and other caloric sweeteners. LNCS are food additives that are broadly used as sugar substitutes to sweeten foods and beverages with ...

You Can't Heyde Forever

Heyde's syndrome describes an association between aortic stenosis and a predisposition to bleeding from intestinal angiodysplasia resulting from acquired von Willebrand disease. We present the case of an 82-year-old woman with recurrent intestinal bleeding, severe anaemia and secondary myocardial infarction. Investigation identified ileal angiectasia as the source of haemorrhage. As echocardiography revealed se...

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...

O contributo de enfermagem na realização da mucosectomia endoscópica a realidad...

Projecto saúde para todos: programa integrado: projecto de cuidados especializa...

O Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor é uma Organização Não Governamental (ONG) fundada em 1951, que atua em São Tomé e Príncipe desde 1988. Está presente em todos os países da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa e gere mais de quarenta projetos de cooperação na área da saúde, segurança alimentar, infraestruturas e educação.

Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy Presenting with Hand Dro...

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) results from the deletion of the PMP22 gene in chromosome 17p11.2. Clinically, it presents with painless pressure palsies, typically in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, being a rare entity in childhood. We present the case study of a six-year-old male child who presented with left hand drop that he kept for over four weeks. Electrophysiological studi...

Sizing of powders in inhalers with an Aerosizer((R)) according to a mixed exper...

In the present work, the Aerosizer((R)) with the Aerodisperser((R)) is used to assess the size and size distribution of two common dry powder inhalers: Ventilan Rotacaps(TM) (salbutamol sulfate) and Bricanyl Turbohaler(TM) (terbutaline sulfate), according to a mixed factorial design. The different parameters of the equipment (voltage applied to the detector, shear force, deagglomeration, feed rate and pin vibra...