Mafalda Lemos Caldas

ORCID: 0000-0002-1374-1102
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Research Areas
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Psychology and Mental Health
  • Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity
  • Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
  • Palliative and Oncologic Care
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Ethics in medical practice

Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
2022

San Antonio College
2021

University of Lisbon
2018-2020

Dignity therapy (DT) is a brief psychotherapeutic intervention with beneficial effects in the end-of-life experience. Since it provides continuing bond between bereaved and their loved ones, we speculated that could be offered as novel bereavement following patient's death. We aimed to develop, translate, validate Posthumous DT Schedule of Questions (p-DT-SQ), for administration relatives or friends.The original DT-SQ was adapted application friends. It translated back-translated European...

10.1017/s1478951522000396 article EN cc-by Palliative & Supportive Care 2022-05-19

Abstract Objective Atypical neuroleptics such as olanzapine are indicated for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders and have been used in palliative care setting also several clinical indications. Peripheral facial edema a rare side effect with olanzapine. We report case an advanced cancer patient cared receiving who developed severe after initiating low dose monotherapy. Method A presented her opioid use disorder. Results After excluding other differential diagnosis edema, was...

10.1017/s1478951522000037 article EN Palliative & Supportive Care 2022-03-03

Abstract Introduction The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) is a clinical tool developed with the aim of reinforcing sense personhood and dignity, enabling health care providers (HCPs) to see patients as people not solely based on their illness. Objective To study acceptability feasibility Portuguese version PDQ (PDQ-PT) in sample palliative cared for primary (PC). Method A cross-sectional using 20 PC unit. post-PDQ satisfaction questionnaire was developed. Results Twenty participants were...

10.1017/s1478951520000164 article EN Palliative & Supportive Care 2020-03-10

Os médicos de família (MF) têm desempenhado um papel crucial na gestão da pandemia COVID-19 em todo o mundo. A partilha experiência e das metodologias trabalho desenvolvidas neste contexto sido fundamentais para garantir cuidados saúde adequados à comunidade. Neste trabalho, são descritas as estratégias organizacionais ferramentas Portugal dar resposta pandemia, particularmente numa unidade familiar área metropolitana Lisboa. Estas permitiram seguimento dos doentes COVID-19, mantendo-se...

10.5712/rbmfc17(44)3005 article PT cc-by Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade 2022-12-19

Objetivos: Resumir as informações publicadas acerca dos problemas de coagulação em adultos com SARS-CoV-2, incluindo características, fisiopatologia, diagnóstico e resposta ao uso profilático ou terapêutico anticoagulantes antiagregantes plaquetários. Métodos: Realizada uma revisão abrangente, acordo guidelines Joanna Briggs Institute Guidelines on Scoping Reviews Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analyses Review (PRISMA-ScR). Efetuada pesquisa nas bases dados MEDLINE®,...

10.32385/rpmgf.v37i5.13086 article PT cc-by-nc-nd Revista Portuguesa de Clínica Geral 2021-10-31
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