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Validation of a Heart Failure Risk Score in a Cohort of Cardiac Resynchronizati...
Cardoso, I; Cunha, P; Laranjo, S; Grazina, A; Viegas, J; Portugal, G; Valente, B; Lousinha, A; Brás, P; Brás, M; Cruz Ferreira, R; Oliveira, MThe heart failure risk status (HFRS) is a validated dynamic tool for risk score prediction, based on the TriageHF™ algorithm (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA), for the occurrence of a heart failure (HF) event in the 30 days following a remote monitoring (RM) transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the HFRS in predicting an unplanned hospital admission due to HF decompensation in a re...
Initial Single-Center Experience of a Standardized Protocol for Invasive Assess...
Vaz Ferreira, V; Ramos, R; Castelo, A; Mendonça, T; Almeida-Morais, L; Pereira-da-Silva, T; Oliveira, E; Viegas, J; Garcia Brás, P; Grazina, AIntroduction: Coronary vasomotion disorders (CVDs), including microvascular angina (MVA) and vasospastic angina (VSA), account for significant morbidity among patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). However, protocols for CVD assessment in clinical practice are seldom standardized and may be difficult to implement. Purpose: To assess the safety and feasibility of a comprehensive coronary ...
CO2 Concentration in Day Care Centres is Related to Wheezing in Attending Children
Carreiro-Martins, P; Viegas, J; Papoila, AL; Aelenei, D; Caires, I; Araújo-Martins, J; Gaspar-Marques, J; Cano, MM; Mendes, AS; Virella, DPoor ventilation at day care centres (DCCs) was already reported, although its effects on attending children are not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the association between wheezing in children and indoor CO2 (a ventilation surrogate marker) in DCC and to identify behaviours and building characteristics potentially related to CO2. In phase I, 45 DCCs from Lisbon and Oporto (Portugal) were selected through a...
Environment and Health in Children Day Care Centres (ENVIRH) - Study Rationale ...
Araújo-Martins, J; Carreiro-Martins, P; Viegas, J; Aelenei, D; Cano, MM; Teixeira, JP; Paixão, P; Papoila, AL; Leiria-Pinto, P; Pedro, CBackground: Indoor air quality (IAQ) is considered an important determinant of human health. The association between exposure to volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, house dust mite, molds and bacteria in day care centers (DCC) is not completely clear. The aim of this project was to study these effects. Methods --- study design: This study comprised two phases. Phase I included an evaluation of 45 DC...
Lupus pancreatitis.
Marum, S; Veiga, M Z; Silva, F; Vasconcelos, T; Ferreira, A; Viegas, JWe report the case of a sixteen year old female patient, admitted to a general hospital due to fever, poliarthritis, malar rash and vasculitis. Diagnostic studies confirmed the existence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Shortly after admission, the patient was transferred to an intensive care unit due to severe acute pancreatitis. In spite of its infrequency, the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis must always be c...
Multiple myeloma. An unusual case.
Silva, F; Veiga, M Z; Viegas, J; Arranhado, EWe describe the case of a 75 year old male patient, hospitalized because of sudden paraplegia. The radiological tests performed, revealed degenerative changes of the entire vertebral spine, osteolytic lesions of the seventh cervical and first two thoracic vertebrae, and lacunar lesions of the others. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate, total proteins and its electrophoretic study, as well as quantification of s...
Benign pleural effusion caused by asbestos exposure.
Vieira, J R; Alfarroba, E; Viegas, J; Freitas e Costa, MThe Authors present the first case described among us of benign pleural effusion of an asbestotic origin. They stress the importance of thoracoscopy (pleuroscopy) in the diagnosis of this situation. Attention is drawn to the fact that asbestotic lesions and asbestotic bodies have been found in the lung and, in particular, in the parietal pleura as well. They emphasize the fact that exposure to asbestos was not ...