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Burnout and coping strategies among Professors during COVID-19: Portugal-Brazil...
Pinto, A; Carvalho, C; Rodriguez, S; Simões, A; Carvalhais, C; Gonçalves, FJ; Santos, JThe global pandemic experienced in recent years led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to close their facilities to safeguard the health and safety of the academic community. This reality overloaded professors in terms of work, often leading them to the limit of exhaustion and impacting on their performance, quality of life and well-being, taking, in many cases, to burnout. This study aims to identify and cha...
Enablers, Barriers and Strategies to Build Resilience Among Cancer Survivors: a...
Fernandes, JB; Domingos, J; Almeida, AS; Castro, C; Simões, A; Fernandes, S; Vareta, D; Bernardes, C; Fonseca, J; Vaz, C; Dias, AR; Fernandes, TCancer is a life-threatening illness affecting all dimensions of a person's health. Cancer survivors must build resilience to face this adversity and continue their life projects. The present study explores the enablers, barriers, and strategies to build resilience among cancer survivors. This qualitative, descriptive exploratory study will use purposive sampling to recruit cancer survivors and healthcare profe...
Silent hypokalemia – a sometimes fatal condition
Cadório, C; Simões, A; Gonçalves-Pereira, J
Association of fall risk in older adults between gender, fear of falling and au...
Rios, T; Simões, A; Lopes, SofiaAging is a natural process of the individual and is associated with a decline in physical and mental function. Given the high prevalence of older adults worldwide, it becomes ppropriated to identify the consequences of this reduction. The falls appear as a consequence more common in this specific population, which triggers the need to identify the different risk factors, in order to prevent them and create inte...
Simplified evaluation of seismic vulnerability of early 20th century masonry bu...
Simões, A; Bento, R; Lagomarsino, S; Lourenço, Paulo B.This paper evaluates the seismic behaviour of a group of masonry buildings through the application of a simplified method.The method is based on the definition of a vulnerability index supported on few characteristicsofthebuildingsandprovidesanestimationoftheexpecteddamageonthebuildingsasafunction of the intensity of the seismic action. The application of the method to a large group of buildings enables to cond...
Importância da genotipagem na terapêutica transfusional de doentes com drepanoc...
Costa, C; Lichtner, A; Rodrigues, MJ; Moser, MI; Barra, A; Cardoso, E; Fernandes, A; Magalhães, D; Nunes, C; Pereira, M; Plácido, C; Simões, AIntrodução A drepanocitose é uma hemoglobinopatia autossómica recessiva com uma incidência na população portuguesa de 0,32%. A História, associada à actual imigração de países africanos de língua portuguesa, deram origem a alguns “hot spots” de portadores no centro e sul do país e à considerável incidência da drepanocitose. A fenotipagem alargada tem sido utilizada para transfundir com segurança os doentes com ...
Diabetes Gestacional nos Anos 2000 e 2010: Retrato de uma Sociedade?
Simões, A; Robalo, R; Gomes, G; Aleixo, F; Amaral, N; Guerra, SObjetivos: O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar as características de mulheres com diagnóstico de diabetes gestacional, em 2 anos, separados por uma década. Tipo de estudo: Estudo retrospetivo. Local: Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa. População: Grávidas vigiadas na nossa instituição com diagnóstico de diabetes gestacional nos anos de 2000 (103 mulheres) e 2010 (299 mulheres). Métodos: Foram comparados 2 grup...
Prevalence of HLA antibodies in post pregnancies female blood donors
Barra, A; Barradas, A; Cardoso, E; Costa, C; Fontes, A; Gil, A; Oliveira, C; Ramalhete, L; Rodrigues, T; Sancho, MR; Silva, I; Simões, A; Trindade, HBackground: Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) is known as transfusion hazard with high morbidity and mortality rate. Mainly HLA class II have been associated with TRALI. Preventive measures are in the exclusion of donor female as they carry any these antibodies. Aim: We study a group of female blood donor with prior history of two or more pregnancies (G2), one (G1) pregnancy and without any pregnanc...
Human plasma derived prothrombin complex concentrate (OCTAPLEX), the HFF, EPE: ...
Barra, A; Barradas, A; Cardoso, E; Costa, C; Gil, A; Rodrigues, T; Silva, A; Simões, A; Venâncio, BBackground: The HPDPCC was introduced in our clinical practice in 2005, and it has some specific clinical recommendations . We use Octaplex mostly to recert coagulation parameters in patients whose status require their quick conversion, mainly to reverse oral anticoagulation. We initially started using Octaplex in lower doses than the recommended by the drug leaflet, trying to find an optimal dose, aiming to av...
Transfusion therapy and sickle cell disease
Barra, A; Barradas, A; Cardoso, E; Costa, C; Ferreira, R; Fontes, A; Mota, M; Moura, H; Oliveira, C; Pereira, F; Rebelo, S; Rodrigues, T; Santos, LBackground: Sickle cell disease is a very common hemoglobinopathy. The main goal of transfusion therapy in sickle cell disease is to prevent thrombotic events, improve tissue oxygenation and treat anaemia complications. However the risk of all immunization is well known. Since 2001 our service has been doing a tight surveillance work in sickle cell patients, creating a database of about 15,000 studied blood don...