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Confirmatory Evaluation of the Modified Medical Research Council Questionnaire ...
Ribeiro, Soraia; Cardoso, Carlos Seiça; Valério, Margarida; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreThe Modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire is considered an adequate and simple measure of breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is widely used in clinical practice in Portugal, but it still lacks confirmatory evaluation for the Portuguese setting. The aim of this study was to perform a cultural adaptation and validation of the Modified British Medical Research Council Que...
Confirmatory Evaluation of the Modified Medical Research Council Questionnaire ...
Ribeiro, Soraia; Cardoso, Carlos Seiça; Valério, Margarida; Machado, João; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Cidália; Rebelo-Marques, AlexandreIntroduction: The Modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire is considered an adequate and simple measure of breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is widely used in clinical practice in Portugal, but it still lacks confirmatory evaluation for the Portuguese setting. The aim of this study was to perform a cultural adaptation and validation of the Modified British Medical Resear...
Determinants of the Use of Health and Fitness Mobile Apps by Patients With Asth...
Neves, Ana Luisa; Jácome, Cristina; Taveira-Gomes, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, SandraBackground: Health and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these ...
Determinants of the use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asth...
Neves, Ana Luísa; Jácome, Cristina; Taveira-Gomes, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, SandraHealth and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these equitably re...
Feasibility and acceptability of an asthma app to monitor medication adherence:...
Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Amaral, Rita; Mendes, Sandra; Alves-Correia, Magna; Vidal, Carmen; Freire, Sara LópezPoor medication adherence is a major challenge in asthma, and objective assessment of inhaler adherence is needed. The InspirerMundi app aims to monitor adherence while providing a positive experience through gamification and social support. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the InspirerMundi app to monitor medication adherence in adolescents and adults with persistent asthma (tr...
Criança com múltiplas equimoses… Serão maus tratos?
Marcos, Sara Pimentel; Valério, Margarida; Vilhena, Maria ManuelCaso clínico: Os maus tratos infantis são um problema de saúde pública que pode, em algumas situações, ser mimetizado por patologia da hemóstase. Pretende-se alertar para esta problemática através da descrição do caso clínico de uma criança com quadro de discrasia hemorrágica (equimoses dispersas), em que se levantou a suspeita de abuso físico. Da avaliação realizada, incluindo o estudo da coagulação, conclui-s...
ANOGENITAL WARTS IN CHILDREN – A CHALLENGING DIAGNOSIS
Belo Morais, Rita; Valério, Margarida; Amaro, CristinaAnogenital warts (AGW) are benign tumors of the skin and mucosal epithelium caused by human papilloma virus infection. There is a growing prevalence of anogenital warts in the pediatric population, resulting from vertical transmission, auto or heteroinoculation. The diagnosis is primarily clinical and biopsy is reserved for doubtful diagnosis. Most lesions resolve spontaneously over time but recurrence is frequ...
Paralisia do plexo braquial – uma manifestação rara de infeção osteo-articular
Moutinho, Ana; Valério, Margarida; Marques, Inês; Carrusca, Catarina; Vieira, José Pedro; Tavares, Delfin; Neves, Manuel CassianoIntrodução: A paralisia do plexo braquial é uma entidade rara após o período neonatal. Resulta habitualmente de mecanismos físicos, mas pode estar relacionada com infeções osteo-articulares. Há poucos casos descritos de associação entre estas infeções e a paralisia secundária a neuropatia. Na maioria dos casos a manifestação mais frequente é a pseudo-paralisia ou fraqueza aparente do membro afetado. Casos Clíni...
Rickets: Emerging From the Past
Valério, Margarida; Pimentel Marcos, Sara; Santos, Conceição; Leiria, Maria JoãoIn the past decade rickets has re-emerged in developed countries due to changes in lifestyles and dietary habits. We describe a case of a 28-month-old black infant with failure to thrive. He was exclusively breastfed until nine months of age, without vitamin supplementation, and never ingested milk products due to alleged cow’s milk intolerance. His examination revealed bowlegs, rachitic rosary and wide wrists....