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Life Águeda – Restoring River Connectivity For Migratory Fish In The Vouga Rive...
Pedro, S.; Alexandre, CM; Mateus, CS; Quintella, BR; Boavida-Portugal, J; Lança, M.J.; Belo, AF; Pereira, E; Rato, AS; Oliveira, IC; Silva, SPresentation of the results of the work carried out on this subject in the Vouga River basin
Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis in an Infant
Branco, S; Nogueira Machado, S; Azevedo, I; Carvalho, I; Silva, STuberculosis (TB) continues to pose a significant health challenge globally and in Portugal. Diagnostic challenges persist, especially in infants, where TB often presents with atypical symptoms. A previously healthy three-month-old male infant from Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, was admitted with cough, rhinorrhea, respiratory distress, and high-grade fever. After chest radiography and blood tests, he was tr...
Tixagevimab-cilgavimab (AZD7442) for the treatment of patients hospitalized wit...
Hites, M; Lapique, EL; Massonnaud, CR; Belhadi, D; Jamard, S; Goehringer, F; Danion, F; Reignier, J; de Castro, N; Garot, D; Lacombe, K; Tolsma, V
Feasibility and Acceptability of Pediatric Smartphone Lung Auscultation by Pare...
Santos-Silva, C; Ferreira-Cardoso, H; Silva, S; Vieira-Marques, P; Valente, JC; Almeida, R; Fonseca, JA; Santos, C; Azevedo, I; Jácome, CBackground: The use of a smartphone built-in microphone for auscultation is a feasible alternative to the use of a stethoscope, when applied by physicians. Objective: This cross-sectional study aims to assess the feasibility of this technology when used by parents—the real intended end users. Methods: Physicians recruited 46 children (male: n=33, 72%; age: mean 11.3, SD 3.1 y; children with asthma: n=24, 52%) d...
Performing publics of science in the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study in ...
Machado, H; de Freitas, C; Fiske, A; Radhuber, I; Silva, S; Grimaldo-Rodríguez, CO; Botrugno, C; Kinner, R; Marelli, LResearch about science and publics in the COVID-19 pandemic often focuses on public trust and on identifying and correcting public attitudes. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 209 residents in six countries-Austria, Bolivia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Portugal-this article uses the concept of performativity to explore how participants understand, and relate to science, in the COVID-19 context. By performa...
The association between probable post-COVID-19 condition and sleep-related para...
Gonçalves, D; Costa, JP; Silva, S; Tavares, M; Barros, H; Meireles, PThe long-term effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on sleep remain poorly known. We evaluated the association between probable post-COVID-19 condition and changes in sleep quality and quantity before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a consecutive sample of non-hospitalized adults. Individuals were identified with SARS-CoV-2 infection in 2020 at the central laborator...
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in...
Schumacher, AE; Kyu, HH; Aali, A; Abbafati, C; Abbas, J; Abbasgholizadeh, R; Abbasi, MA; Abbasian, M; Abd ElHafeez, S; Abdelmasseh, M; Abd Elsalam, SBackground: Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations worldwide has underscored the need for timely estimates to understand this unprecedented event within the context of long-term population health trends. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 provides n...
Quality of Life of Mothers and Fathers 4 to 6 Months After Birth: The Effect of...
Alves, E; Amorim, M; Nogueira, C; Silva, SSignificanceWhat is Already Known on this Subject? The effect of a preterm delivery on parents' QoL yields inconsistent results, mainly due to a considerable heterogeneity regarding the operationalization of QoL, the use of different units of analysis, and different periods of data collection. Also, most studies restrict their analysis to mothers, with few attempts to assess parents's QoL during mother's return...
Non-transplantable Recurrence After Resection for Transplantable Hepatocellular...
Zhang, XF; Xue, F; Bagante, F; Ratti, F; Marques, HP; Silva, S; Soubrane, O; Lam, V; Poultsides, GA; Popescu, I; Grigorie, R; Alexandrescu, S; Martel, GObjectives: To identify the preoperative risk factors for prediction of non-transplantable recurrence (NTR) after tumor resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to assist in patient selection relative to upfront liver resection (LR) versus liver transplantation (LT). Methods: Patients who underwent curative resection for transplantable HCC and chronic liver disease were identified from an intern...
Concerns and coping mechanisms during the first national COVID-19 lockdown: an ...
Silva, S; Machado, H; de Freitas, C; Lucas, RObjectives: The aim of this study was to explore concerns and coping mechanisms during the first national COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal. The general population provided statements via an open comment box as part of an online prospective study. Study design: This was an Internet-based open cohort study. Methods: Individuals aged ≥16 years were eligible to participate in this study. Inductive content analysis was...