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Cistite aguda não complicada: principais agentes infeciosos e resistências anti...
Lopes, Maísa; Lapa, Diogo; Baptista, Júnior; Marques, Luís; Montanha, Maria José; Rodrigues, Ângela; Afonso, Andrea Luísa FernandesEm Portugal, as infeções do trato urinário (ITU´S) são a segunda patologia infeciosa mais prevalente, logo após a infeção do trato respiratório. As ITU’s são as infeções bacterianas mais comuns nas mulheres, sendo a cistite aguda não complicada a mais comum. Os agentes infeciosos mais associados às ITU’s são Enterobacterales spp., Enterococcus spp. e Staphylococcus saprophyticus. O objetivo deste estudo foi ava...
Cistite aguda não complicada: principais agentes infeciosos e resistências anti...
Lopes, Maísa; Lapa, Diogo; Baptista, Junior; Marques, Luís; Montanha, Maria José; Rodrigues, Ângela; Afonso, Andrea Luísa FernandesAs infeções do trato urinário (ITU’s) são as infeções bacterianas mais comuns em mulheres, sendo a cistite aguda não complicada a mais comum. A cistite aguda é uma infeção sintomática da bexiga em que Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. e Proteus spp. são responsáveis por mais de 80% de ITU’s. O consumo indiscriminado e por um longos períodos de tempo de antibióticos é o principal fator do aumento da resistência ...
Long-Term Reversible Contraception in Adolescence: The Reality of a Tertiary Pe...
Ferro, Beatriz; Simões, Mafalda; Gomes, Bárbara; Rodrigues, Ângela; Geraldes, Fernanda; Águas, FernandaIntroduction: Contraception in adolescence is essential to prevent unwanted pregnancies, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases. The use of longacting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs) has been highly recommended due to their efficacy since they are user independent methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of LARCs in adolescence in the population of a Childhood and Adolescence Gynecolo...
Quantificação de anticorpos IGG Anti-Sars-COV-2 em utentes de lares no período ...
Caldeira, Maria João; Rodrigues, Carina; Pereira, Tifany; Rodrigues, Ângela; Gonçalves, Viviane; Montanha, Maria JoséDe acordo com a OMS a avaliação da resposta imunitária e da eficácia da vacina é importante e requerida a nível internacional, para promover respostas coletivas à pandemia. Objetivos Avaliar a imunidade humoral em idosos, utentes de lares, associada à toma da vacina e estimar a proteção alcançada contra a COVID-19. Metodologia Foram recrutados, no total, 461 utentes de lares de idosos de Bragança (sexo feminino...
Knowledge and Patterns of Use of Emergency Oral Contraception among Portuguese ...
Rodrigues, Ângela; Valentim, Bruno; Tavares, Daniel; Augusto, Maria João; Campelo, Jorge; Loureiro, Mariana; Raposo, Ana; Alves, IsabelThe lack of knowledge about the existence, effectiveness, and supply of emergency contraception as well as access to it, its effective duration and the lack of recognition of the need for its use can prevent women from using it. The aim of this study was to ascertain the attitudes, experience, level of knowledge and information sources about emergency contraception of Portuguese female users of healthcare servi...
ABO blood system: infection risk and severity in COVID 19
Caldeira, Maria João; Pereira, Tifany; Rodrigues, Ângela; Gonçalves, Viviane; Montanha, Maria José; Rodrigues, CarinaAssociation studies between ABO blood group and COVID 19 risk and severity have shown differences depending on blood group From the serological study, carried out at CIMO in collaboration with the ULSNE, for 343 individuals the ABO phenotype was 40 2 5 0 8 6 and 46 2 for groups A, AB, B and O, respectively No significant differences were found between blood groups and infection These are preliminary results of ...
Anti-SARS-COV-2 humoral immunity in ULSNE healthcare professionals
Pereira, Tifany; Caldeira, Maria João; Rodrigues, Ângela; Gonçalves, Viviane; Montanha, Maria José; Rodrigues, CarinaThe detection of specific antibodies can provide information on the immunity achieved against SARS-CoV-2 infection. The new coronavirus-2 S protein is the main target used in COVID-19 vaccine development. Infection and vaccination in COVID-19 induce an antibody response against the Spike (S) glycoprotein. The administration of the vaccine appears to be an effective prophylactic strategy and there is scientific ...
Knowledge and Patterns of Use of Emergency Oral Contraception among Portuguese ...
Rodrigues, Ângela; Valentim, Bruno; Tavares, Daniel; Augusto, Maria João; Campelo, Jorge; Loureiro, Mariana; Raposo, Ana; Alves, IsabelIntroduction: The lack of knowledge about the existence, effectiveness, and supply of emergency contraception as well as access to it, its effective duration and the lack of recognition of the need for its use can prevent women from using it. The aim of this study was to ascertain the attitudes, experience, level of knowledge and information sources about emergency contraception of Portuguese female users of he...
Providing new insights into the endometriosisassociated cancer arising in episi...
Carvalho, Maria João; Pais, Ana Sofia; Rodrigues, Ângela; Areia, Ana Luísa; Dias, Margarida FigueiredoEndometriosis-associated malignancy in an episiotomy scar is rare. The predictive factors are poorly understood as are the mechanisms and pathways associated with implantation and malignant transformation. In this study we describe the cases reported in the literature of malignancies arising in endometriosis foci of an episiotomy scar. We identified 5 cases described between 1990 and 2016. These cases represent...
Female sexual function and quality of life after pelvic floor surgery: a prospe...
Rodrigues, Ângela; Rodrigues, Carla; Negrão, Liana; Afreixo, Vera; Castro, Maria GeraldinaIntroduction and hypothesis Knowledge about the impact of pelvic floor surgery on sexual function is limited and inconsistent. A prospective study assessed the impact of surgery for prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) on sexual function and determined the biopsychosocial predictors for changes in sexual function after surgery. Materials and methods Sexually active women scheduled for correction ...