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C3 Glomerulonephritis: From Diagnosis to Management in a Unique Patient Case
Castro, Pedro; Oliveira, Nuno; Alves, RuiC3 glomerulopathies (C3G) are ultra -rare diseases driven by dysregulation of the alternative pathway in the complement system, leading to glomerular C3 deposition and inflammation. C3G includes dense deposit disease (DDD) and C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN), both associated with progression to end -stage renal disease (ESRD). This report presents a C3GN case, highlighting diagnostic and therapeutic complexities. ...
Comparative physico-chemical characterization of organic flours from wheat, rye...
Sousa, Sérgio; Castro, Pedro; Costa, Joana; Bastos, Francisca Casanova; Dias, Ema; Gomes, AnaAim: There is an increasing consumer demand for healthier food products, such as cereal flours, free from pesticides and other contaminants. The production of organic cereals is therefore a solution that can be commercially explored. Moreover, consumers also highly appreciate and value the local production of cereals and flours. Hence, the aim of the current work was to characterize organic flours obtained from...
Bleached hair as standard template to insight the performance of commercial hai...
Martins, Eva; Castro, Pedro; Ribeiro, Alessandra B.; Pereira, Carla F.; Casanova, Francisca; Vilarinho, Rui; Moreira, Joaquim; Ramos, Óscar L.The increasing demand for effective hair care products has highlighted the necessity for rigorous claims substantiation methods, particularly for products that target specific hair types. This is essential because the effectiveness of a product can vary significantly based on the hair’s condition and characteristics. A well-defined bleaching protocol is crucial for creating a standardized method to assess produ...
Superior Cerebellar Artery Dissection in a Patient Diagnosed with Reversible Ce...
Pedro, Tiago; Maia, Ruben; Costa, Rafaela; Martins, Bárbara; Ribeiro, Joana; Domingues, Rui; Brito, Teresa; Abreu, Pedro; Castro, PedroArterial dissection is an uncommon complication of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman with a migraine history who presented with recurrent thunderclap headache and focal neurological signs, including right hemiataxia. She had been diagnosed with COVID-19 disease two weeks earlier. Neuroimaging revealed multifocal stenosis of the posterior circulatio...
Acute kidney injury: a strong risk factor for hypoglycaemia in hospitalized pat...
Carreira, Ana; Castro, Pedro; Mira, Filipe; Melo, Miguel; Ribeiro, Pedro; Santos, LélitaAims Acute kidney injury (AKI) is highly prevalent during hospitalization of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We aimed to assess the impact of AKI and its severity and duration on the risk of hypoglycaemia in hospitalized patients with T2D. Methods Retrospective cohort analysis of patients with T2D, admitted at a University Hospital in 2018–2019. AKI was defined as an increase in serum creatinine by ≥ 0.3 m...
Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke volumes and cerebrovascular ev...
Nguyen, Thanh N.; Qureshi, Muhammad M.; Klein, Piers; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Mikulik, Robert; Czlonkowska, Anna; Abdalkader, Mohamad; Sedova, PetraBackground and objectives: Declines in stroke admission, IV thrombolysis (IVT), and mechanical thrombectomy volumes were reported during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity of data on the longer-term effect of the pandemic on stroke volumes over the course of a year and through the second wave of the pandemic. We sought to measure the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volumes of str...
SICAP - Sistema de informação cadastral e administração de propriedades
Rodrigues, Filipe Dias; Alonso, Joaquim Mamede; Castro, PedroO cadastro predial é uma fonte fundamental de informação para o planeamento, gestão e inovação territorial. Portugal não possui um cadastro predial atualizado o que se traduz no desconhecimento da propriedade em 20% do território português. Neste contexto, pretende-se com o desenvolvimento da plataforma SICAP (Sistema de Informação Cadastral e Administração de Propriedades), contribuir para a disponibilização d...
Sympathovagal imbalance in early ischemic stroke is linked to impaired cerebral...
Castro, Pedro; Serrador, Jorge; Sorond, Farzaneh; Azevedo, Elsa; Rocha, IsabelBackground and purpose: Autonomic dysfunction is associated with worse outcome of ischemic stroke patients by mechanisms that are not fully understood. There is evidence of autonomic influence in cerebrovascular control but this has not been studied in acute stroke. Therefore, we examined the relationship between heart rate variability (HRV) and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in dynamic cerebral autoregulation in...
A mobile application to enhance mobility of people with permanent or temporary ...
Paiva, Sara; Castro, Pedro; Mateus, Bruno; Pinheiro, Carlos; Ferreira, Ruben; Rodrigues, Samuel; Silva, Júlio; Curralo, AnaThis paper presents a mobile application developed in conjunction with the City Hall from Viana do Castelo, a city in the north of Portugal. This application targets people with permanent or temporary reduced mobility and intends to show them information about taxi points, parking spaces and reference points in the city with the possibility to navigate to them using an optimized algorithm, based on routes defin...
In vitro gastrointestinal digestion impact on the bioaccessibility and antioxid...
Coelho, Marta C.; Ribeiro, Tânia B.; Oliveira, Carla; Batista, Patrícia; Castro, Pedro; Monforte, Ana Rita; Rodrigues, António Sebastião; Teixeira, JoséIn times of pandemic and when sustainability is in vogue, the use of byproducts, such as fiber-rich tomato byproducts, can be an asset. There are still no studies on the impact of extraction methodologies and the gastrointestinal tract action on bioactive properties. Thus, this study used a solid fraction obtained after the conventional method (SFCONV) and a solid fraction after the ohmic method (SFOH) to analy...