A5103257799- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Neutropenia and Cancer Infections
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Hematological disorders and diagnostics
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Cancer survivorship and care
Hospital de São João
2023
Centro Hospitalar de Trás os Montes e Alto Douro
2019-2022
Université de Montréal
2009
In Portugal, Outpatient Tuberculosis Centres (OTBC) are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, screening and prevention of tuberculosis (TB), only severe or resistant cases hospitalized. To understand how infection control norms standards were applied these centres responded during pandemic. We sent an electronic questionnaire to all coordinators OTBC. The included questions on COVID-19 pandemic evaluation functioning OTBC in two periods: 1st National State Emergency after 1 year....
The frequency of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is high. clinical course non-IPF interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be similar to that IPF. We sought assess the and predictors OSA fibrotic ILD, as well impact positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy on quality life such patients.
<b>Introduction:</b> Thymic Epithelial Tumours (TET) represent a group of rare primary tumours the mediastinum, and include Thymomas Carcinomas. <b>Objectives:</b> Describe demographics, clinical presentation, staging survival patients diagnosed with TET; compare our results current ESMO guidelines for TET (2015). <b>Methods:</b> Retrospective analysis medical records thymic tumours, followed in pneumology department, between 1999 2019. <b>Results:</b> We identified 30 patients, which 3 were...
Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of death. Patients treated with chemotherapy are at risk developing chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN), a potentially life-threatening complication. The aims this study were (1) to characterize FN admissions patients LC in pulmonology department, and (2) determine associations between patient profiles, first-line antibiotic failure (FLAF) mortality.Retrospective observational case-series, based on analysis medical records that required...