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Weight loss in patients with severe obesity after bariatric surgery–the potenti...

Background: Despite the potential effectiveness of bariatric surgery in promoting weight loss, a considerable proportion of patients still face the challenge of achieving optimal post-surgery outcomes. The timing of eating, in addition to the content of what is eaten, as well as chronotype and social jetlag (a marker of circadian misalignment), have been implicated in weight regulation. However, the current und...

Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis presenting with brain mass lesions in a patient...

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) disease of central nervous system (CNS) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients is mostly associated with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). In patients who cannot undergo biopsy and have typical clinical and radiographic findings, detection of EBV deoxyribonucleic acid in CSF may provide enough evidence to start treatment for PCNSL. Here, we described a case of EBV encephalitis prese...

Health outcomes in long-term healthcare units: the case of the Care4Value project

Introduction One of the objectives of the Care4Value project is to assess the health outcomes in long-term care units. Measuring health care outcomes in long-term healthcare units is a complex process due to the diversity and complexity of diseases as well as the high prevalence of terminally ill patients. Objective This study aims to develop and empirically test an index of health outcomes (IHO) in long-term h...

Self-control feeding in children

Introduction: Overweight and childhood obesity are a public health problem. Therefore, it is fundamental to intervene in the factors at the behavioural level that can lead to changes. Objectives: To evaluate children’s food self-control and to relate it to gender, the phratry, nutritional status and food preferences. To verify the influence of the nutritionist (about food literacy and the nutritional education)...

Becoming a mother after 35 years of age: A qualitative study about the meaning ...

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Sleep duration, lifestyles and chronic diseases: a cross-sectional population-b...

Background: Adequate sleep is essential for health. Both, short and long sleep durations are associated to worse quality of life and poor health outcomes. Portugal represents a specific population model, since according to European statistics it has high rates of chronic diseases like depression, hypertension, diabetes and stroke; and low quality of life as well as low index of physical activity, while in paral...

Long-term mortality analysis in Parkinson's disease treated with deep brain sti...

Background. Few data have been published regarding long-term mortality in patients with Parkinson's disease treated with DBS. Methods. This study analyzed long-term mortality rates, causes, and correlates in PD patients treated with DBS. Results. 184 consecutive patients were included; mean follow-up was 50 months. Fifteen deaths occurred (total 8.15%, annual mortality rate 1.94%). Mean age at disease onset and...

Information and Communication Technologies in Long-term and Palliative Care

Non-syndromic Sensorineural Prelingual Deafness: The Importance of Genetic Coun...

Recent advances in molecular genetics have allowed the determination of the genetic cause of some childhood non-syndromic deafness. In Portugal only a small proportion of families are referred to a clinical genetics service in order to clarify the etiology of the deafness and to provide genetic counseling. Consequently, there are no published studies of the prior beliefs of parents about the causes of hereditar...

A técnica endoscópica endonasal no diagnóstico de lesões da base do crânio: A p...

A técnica endoscópica endonasal, universalmente implementada no diagnóstico e tratamento de múltiplas patologias nasossinusais, surge como uma alternativa válida aos métodos tradicionais de biópsia da base do crânio. De acordo com a literatura disponível, apresenta taxas de sucesso comparáveis ou mesmo superiores às abordagens neurocirúrgicas, com menor morbilidade, desde que efectuada por equipas cirúrgicas ex...