This article analyses informal support networks in Portugal. Using data from a national survey on families with children (1999), it explores the dynamics of support, terms characteristics of, and variations in, families' experience support. The analysis underlines importance social factors, such as position educational structures, family variables, life course, determining extent received by families. results show that many have low level extended kinship does not play significant role...

Introduction: The integration of digital health solutions in rehabilitation care holds promise for equitable healthcare, particularly rural areas. This study assesses the readiness and systems Ireland, Portugal, Spain integrated telerehabilitation care, conducted through a comprehensive survey between April June 2021. Target Audience: ROSIA project provides insights policymakers, professionals, academics interested understanding maturity adopting care. Stakeholder Involvement:Stakeholders...

Mucocutaneous lesions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with disseminated histoplasmosis have a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, making its diagnosis difficult. Studies been restricted to case reports and series small numbers not specifically focusing on the dermatological aspects histoplasmosis.To describe characteristics mucocutaneous HIV-infected patients.A retrospective prospective study was conducted 36 tertiary-care hospital Brazil.Mucocutaneous diagnosed...

Drawing on cross-national data from ISSP 2012, this paper aims to identify and characterize the patterns of gender division labour in European families with children. Analysis focuses role practices at country level, assuming that welfare regimes frame gendered allocation time paid work, care work household work. From a cluster analysis based time-use (weekly hours sex asymmetries) 18 EU countries, six are identified. Findings disclose relevance disentangling order understand more detail...

Abstract: The advent of organ transplantation identified a new group diseases. Dermatologists are studying transplant‐associated diseases along with the atypical behavior already known dermatoses. Pediatric patients have been treated as an extension adult population, but unique aspects age required clarification. A prospective cohort was studied including from both genders up to 17 yr who were recipients kidney, liver or BMT during 2003 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Regular skin examinations...

Riga-Fede disease is a benign and ulcerative process that occurs as result of repetitive trauma the oral mucosal surfaces by teeth. The authors describe here case 40-year-old man in rescue therapy for advanced AIDS with 2-month history an ulcerated area on dorsal surface his tongue, which was histopathologically consistent disease. This report unique because it first time this lesion has been reported patient, should be included differential diagnosis tongue ulcer these populations.

Background. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency (HIV) share the same transmission routes. About 30% of HIV-positive patients are co-infected with HCV. Of various HCV-related extrahepatic events, those involving skin may be first sign infection. Aim. To specify presentations in HIV HCV (co-infected patients; CP) compare them found mono-infection (mono-infected MP). Methods. This was a cross-sectional study, which studied population consisted MP CP from tertiary hospital South...

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, chronic, often destructive, inflammatory skin disease in which painful nodule or pustule breaks down to form progressively enlarging ulcer. There are only 4 reported cases of postlaparoscopic PG and the purpose this case report describe patient found have after elective laparoscopy. Although occurrence surgery, even where incisions small such as laparoscopic diagnosis that cannot be neglected, especially due high morbidity, increases if not made subjected...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects 5 to 7% of all hospitalized patients, with a much higher incidence in the critically ill. Although AKI patients have increased risks death intensive care units (ICU) and short term, few studies examined association between diagnosis long-term outcomes. The aim this study is address prediction mortality that presented at their hospital admission. Demographic, clinical, physiologic, date data ICU were extracted from MIMIC-III database develop predictive...

As cicatrizes de acne representam uma sequela comum e impactante na qualidade vida muitos indivíduos. Resultam um processo inflamatório complexo que afeta o folículo pilossebáceo, levando à destruição do colágeno formação tecido cicatricial. A gravidade das varia conforme a intensidade da resposta individual cada organismo. Clinicamente, as são classificadas em atróficas (icepick, boxcar rolling) hipertróficas, qual demandando abordagens terapêuticas específicas. O impacto psicossocial...

Este trabalho de pesquisa aborda a análise econômica do direito cidadão à notificação eletrônica auto infração trânsito, disciplinado no § 1º artigo 284 Código Trânsito Brasileiro (CTB). O Sistema Notificação Eletrônica não é obrigatório para o cidadão, portanto, este deve manifestar sua vontade por meio da adesão ao sistema, fim obter, além comunicação com Administração Pública, benefício econômico sobre valor penalidade trânsito. Cabe analisar racionalmente custo e proposta oferecida pela...

A 43-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted to our hospital with disseminated cutaneous lesions that had started one month ago. There were several erythematous papules on the face (Figure 1) and arms, legs, trunk formed plaques crusts. She also complained of fever weight loss appeared along lesions. biopsy performed cultured. The patient consented an HIV serology test, which positive. Culture showed Histoplasma capsulatum she treatment induction amphotericin B deoxycholate, followed...