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Utility of Pacemaker With Sleep Apnea Monitor to Predict Left Ventricular Overl...
Augusto, J; Antunes, S; Ferreira, JB; Faria, D; Roque, D; Beringuilho, M, et al.Pacemakers with sleep apnea monitor (SAM) provide an easy tool to assess obstructive sleep apnea over long periods of time. The link between respiratory disturbances at night and the incidence of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is not well established. We aimed at (1) determining the ability of SAM pacemakers to evaluate the extent of left ventricular overload and (2) assess the impact of respiratory d...
Derivation and external validation of the SHIeLD score for predicting outcome i...
Freitas, P; Santos, AR; Ferreira, AM; Oliveira, A; Gonçalves, M; Corte-Real, A; Lameiras, C; Maurício, J; Ornelas, E; Matos, C; Faria, D; Augusto, JIdentifying patients with normotensive pulmonary embolism (PE) who may benefit from thrombolysis remains challenging. We sought to develop and validate a score to predict 30-days PE-related mortality and/or rescue thrombolysis. METHODS: We retrospectively assessed 554 patients with normotensive PE. Independent predictors of the studied endpoint were identified from variables available at admission in the emerge...
Inappropriate Prescribing to Elderly Patients in an Internal Medicine Ward.
Urzal, J; Pedro, AB; Oliveira, I; Romero, I; Achega, M; Correia, I; Aldomiro, F; Augusto, JINTRODUCTION: Polypharmacy is often observed in elderly patients and is associated with an increased risk of adverse drug reactions, side effects and interactions. Clinicians should be alert to inappropriate drug prescribing and reduce polypharmacy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Observational, longitudinal, retrospective and descriptive study in an internal medicine ward in a Portuguese hospital. Polypharmacy was defin...
Predictors of de novo atrial fibrillation in a non-cardiac intensive care unit
Augusto, J; Fernandes, A; Freitas, PT; Gil, V; Morais, COBJECTIVE: To assess the predictors of de novo atrial fibrillation in patients in a non-cardiac intensive care unit. METHODS: A total of 418 hospitalized patients were analyzed between January and September 2016 in a non-cardiac intensive care unit. Clinical characteristics, interventions, and biochemical markers were recorded during hospitalization. In-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay in the inte...
Tromboembolismo pulmonar e disseção da aorta concomitantes: abordagem à anticoa...
Roque, D; Magno, P; Ministro, A; Santos, M; Sousa, M; Augusto, J; Morais, COs autores descrevem um caso de uma doente admitida após episódio pré-sincopal associado a precordialgia e cujo ecocardiograma sumário feito no Servic¸o de Urgência demonstrou alterac¸ões compatíveis com tromboembolismo pulmonar, tendo a doente sido submetida a terapêutica fibrinolítica, após episódio de paragem cardiorrespiratória. Na angiotomografia de tórax feita posteriormente para confirmac¸ão diagnóstica ...
Mild troponin elevation in patients admitted to the emergency department with a...
Augusto, J; Santos, M; Roque, D; Faria, D; Urzal, J; Morais, J; Gil, V; Morais, CPatients with atrial fibrillation (AF) often undergo troponin (Tn) testing in the emergency department (ED), but the clinical significance of mildly elevated values remains unclear. We evaluated short-term 30-day post-discharge outcomes in AF patients according to troponin levels. Out of 2181 AF patients evaluated in the ED (June 2014 to June 2015), we included consecutive admitted patients. Patients were group...
Early peripheral endothelial dysfunction predicts myocardial infarct extension ...
Baptista, SB; Faustino, M; Brízida, L; Loureiro, J; Augusto, J; Abecasis, J; Monteiro, C; Leal, P; Nédio, M; Abreu, PF; Gil, V; Morais, CINTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The role of endothelial dysfunction (ED) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is poorly understood. Peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) allows non-invasive evaluation of ED, but has never been used for this purpose early after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI). Our purpose was to analyze the relation between ED assessed by PAT and both the pre...
Treino de equipa na emergência cardiorespiratória
Pereira, E; Inácio, F; Carvalho, F; Silva, HR; Augusto, J; Rombo, J; Fernandes, J; Orfão, J; Santos, M; Pires, RuiO Treino de Equipa na Emergência Cardiorrespiratória revela-se como fator contributivo para o sucesso das situações de reanimação em contexto de internamento hospitalar. Tem como objectivos a formação de situações de emergência com a consequente gestão da equipa de saúde nessas situações, e a capacitação para a manipulação de equipamentos, nomeadamente adjuvantes da via aérea, monitor desfibrilhador e carro de ...