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Sleep timing behaviour, sleep duration and adherence to obesogenic dietary patt...

In an obesogenic environment, short sleeping may increase opportunistic eating. The timing of sleep might also influence the drive to eat. This study investigated the prospective association of sleep timing and duration with diet in 5286 children from the Portuguese birth cohort Generation XXI, evaluated at 4 and 7 years of age. At 4 years, sleep duration was categorised into ≤10 and >10 h. Four sleep timing ca...

Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 Needing Extracorporeal Res...

When indicating ECMO in patients with COVID-19, centre case volume, age, driving pressure and the duration of symptoms (not the length of MV) should be taken into account. Large drainage cannula and high PEEP levels during the first days are recommended.

Adolescent Pregnancy: A Case-Series Study of 112 Adolescent Mothers and Their N...

Background Although declining, adolescent pregnancy remains an important health concern and is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. We aimed to characterize adolescent pregnancy in a level II hospital and the observed maternal, fetal, and perinatal complications. Methods We conducted a case-series study of five-years duration with adolescent mothers and their newborns. We collected sociodemograp...

Effect of antenatal corticosteroids on morbidity and mortality of preterm singl...

Purpose: To compare the effect of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) on neonatal outcomes among singleton and twin pregnancies and the impact of completeness and timing of ministration. Materials and methods: Retrospective cohort study involving 951 preterm deliveries (25+0–34+6 weeks), between 2006 and 2015. Neonatal outcomes were evaluated according to completeness of ACS (“Complete” n = 441; “Rescue” n = 38; “I...

Pseudotumor do pulmão

Pseudotumor do pulmão é um termo utilizado para descrever alterações imagiológicas compatíveis com massas tumorais, mas cujo estudo posterior revela não o serem. Quando nos referimos à etiologia cardiogénica para o pseudotumor do pul- mão, falamos de “vanishing tumor”, isto porque a coleção localizada de líquido responde francamente à terapêutica diurética. Apresenta-se um caso clínico de um homem de 81 anos, c...

Prescrição de antimicrobianos no Serviço de Urgência do Hospital de Braga

Medicamentos de importação: uma realidade cada vez mais presente nos Hospitais

Corionicidade e complicações perinatais na gravidez gemelar: casuística de 10 anos

OVERVIEW AND AIMS: Multiple pregnancy accounts for about 3% of all pregnancies. The monochorionic pregnancy presents a relatively constant incidence (1:250 pregnancies) unlike the dichorionic, which is influenced by race, heredity, maternal age, parity and medically assisted procreation. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the impact of chorionicity on perinatal morbidity of twin pregnancy. POPULATION AND ...

Case 136: intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (main duct type) of the pancreas

Hospital prevalence of kidney failure. Consequences and reflections for the pla...

A prospective prevalence study of Renal Failure (RF) in inhospital patients (creatinine > = 1.7 mg/dl) was carried out during March 1994, in two hospitals covering well defined and mutually exclusive populations. Cases were selected by screening all urea and creatinine blood tests performed in both laboratories, and registered in an individual form for daily follow-up of their nephrologic outcome. We registered...