Use of Cognitive Enhancers by Portuguese Medical Students: Do Academic Challenges Matter?

abstract：:Differentiated thyroid carcinoma of follicular origin (DTCFO), although not very frequent, has registered a raising incidence in the last decades. In the majority of the cases, DTCFO is a curable disease when treated and monitored by experienced, multidisciplinary teams. These factors contribute to an increasing numbe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rodrigues F,Limbert E,Marques AP,Santos AP,Lopes C,Rodrigues E,Borges F,Carrilho F,Castro JJ,Neto J,Salgado L,Oliveira MJ,Grupo de Estudo da Tiróide.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significative enhancement of free radical formation (FRO) in vivo is an important feature of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), namely preeclampsia (PIH). The latest investigations about the pathology of HDP, showed the contribution of placental circulation to the development and evolution of such disease. The...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Neves J,Cruz AS,Azevedo I,Vaz AC,Vasco P,Santos PJ,Bicho MP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several infectious, neoplastic or inflammatory skin diseases, may be early manifestations of HIV infection. We reviewed the clinical data of 226 HIV seropositive male patients with cutaneous disease, from a total of 337 inpatients at the Infectious Diseases Unit--Department of Medicine 1--Curry Cabral Hospital, from 1...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Lamarão P,Eliseu T,Castro H,Maltez F,Machado J,Morgado A,Proença R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankle injuries are the most frequently encountered injuries in clinical practice. They are often managed by general practicians, and not only by orthopaedic or physiatric physicians. This injury is usually non-complicated, but some care should be taken to assure an adequate management and to exclude severe lesions. Th...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Moreira V,Antunes F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous ileopsoas hematoma is a rare and potentially lethal complication of liver cirrhosis, with exceptional mention in medical literature. In this article we present a clinical case diagnosed in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Parente J,Siopa L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of thyroid nodules are detected incidentally during imaging tests performed for unrelated reasons and constitute both a clinical and public health problem. Due to scarce information and lack of long term follow-up studies of individuals with subclinical nodules, there are no consensual guidelines for ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Borges A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern medicine has many roots on greco-roman practice of the medical art. The authors analyse the work De Medicina by Aulus Cornelius Celsus. They look upon the nature of the medical knowledge, the principles of ethics, causality and describe the mental disorders (phrenitis, depression, third insanity, seizure disord...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Trancas B,Borja Santos N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes is a major public health problem and it is related to socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study is to describe socioeconomic inequalities in the distribution of diabetes in the population with 25 years or more, resident in Portugal in 2014. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Data from the Health National Su...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Santos J,Kislaya I,Antunes L,Santos AJ,Rodrigues APP,Neto M,Dias CM

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of scientific information is growing exponentially. Healthcare professionals who wish to keep up-to-date with scientific literature and find the best information should spend their time finding resources that summarize the best available evidence. This manuscript aims to provide bibliographic research...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Donato H,Marinho RT

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples collected from 1017 individuals incarcerated in the prisons of Caxias, Linhó and Tires, during 1990, were tested for anti-HIV. Rates of seropositivity were interpreted in the view of statistical data issued from the Council of Europe. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Costa LR,Ribeiro MR,dos Reis S

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of a 60-year-old male patient, previously diagnosed with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, who was admitted to the Emergency Room with dyspnea. The initial evaluation revealed severe anemia (Hgb = 5.0 g/dL) with hyperleukocytosis (800.000/µL), nearly all of the cells being mature lymphocy...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Pinto da Costa M,Pimenta Coelho H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyolysis is a common entity that often has a multifactorial etiology. It usually affects healthy individuals, following trauma, excessive physical activity, convulsive crisis, alcohol and other drugs consumption or infections. Accumulation of intracellular calcium, activation of proteases and lipases, production...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Rosa NG,Silva G,Teixeira A,Rodrigues F,Araújo JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the discovery of insulin and during almost an half of a century, physicians and researchers apply their efforts in a better knowledge to reduce the perinatal mortality of the offspring of the diabetic mother. The optimisation of glucose control--the main key of the management of diabetic pregnancy--and the new m...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Fagulha I

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are potentially life-threatening adverse cutaneous drug reactions. Clinically, it manifests as a rash, often morbilliform, or atypical target lesions that evolve to epidermal detachment. There is mucosal involvement in almost all patients. The loss of skin's barr...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Oliveira A,Sanches M,Selores M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sacroiliitis accounts for about 1.5% - 10% of all cases of septic arthritis and it is strongly associated with gynaecological infections, pelvic trauma or drug abuse (3.4% - 12.8% of cases occur during the postpartum period). Early diagnosis is difficult because the symptoms are nonspecific in pregnancy and in the...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vale-Fernandes E,Rodrigues F,Monteiro C,Carvalho L

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma. Identification of individuals with this infection and its eradication may be considered as a primary prevention strategy to reduce the incidence of gastric adenocarcinoma; however, the magnitude of benefit and the effectiveness of this strategy...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Libãnio D,Azevedo LF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiacinar regenerative nodules are benign hepatocellular nodules related to vascular disturbances of the liver. They strongly resemble conventional focal nodular hyperplasia but are connected to different clinical settings, typically chronic liver disease. The purpose of the present study was to describe...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Donato H,Andrade L,Bastati N,Cipriano A,Ba-Ssalamah A,Caseiro-Alves F

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic diseases are a major public health problem. It is essential to develop prevention strategies applied to it. A number of risk factors have been identified, but some are still under contradictory. Changing the dietary pattern of the at-risk infant may prevent food allergy. Evidence suggests that exclusive breas...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Ferreira M,Coelho R,Trindade JC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The recent occurrence of a number of outbreaks of dengue in Portuguese speaking countries with no previous disease, aroused curiosity about the competing factors for the phenomenon and a need for better knowledge of the pathology. We review the dengue-related situation in Portuguese speaking countries, lin...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Silvano J,Abreu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Functional foods are those that promote health and well-being and/or decrease the risk of certain chronic diseases. It is known that young people' knowledge about functional foods is low. The aim of this study is to assess the psychometric proprieties of the "Attitudes towards Functional Foods Scale" in a ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Oliveira L,Poínhos R,Sousa F

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disorders, particularly hypercholesterolemia, are often present in hypertensive patients. Several studies have shown that antihypertensive drugs affect the lipid profile, increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Here, it was investigated the lipoprotein metabolism altera...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Martins RD,Alves Rde S,Silva GG,Martins N,Vasconcelos S,Assreuy A,Martins A,Goretti Queiroz M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severity in systemic lupus erythematosus may vary from mild to even fatal consequences. There are no biomarkers to predict the disease's prognosis. The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/ Systemic Damage Index defines systemic lupus erythematosus disease severity and is found to predict pro...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Jacinto M,Silva E,Riso N,Moraes-Fontes MF

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound biometric and hemodynamic fetal parameters for the prenatal diagnosis of intrauterine retardation in a sample of 438 pregnant women who had their first visit before the 16th week of gestation at the outpatient clinic of the Department of Obstetrics and G...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Cardoso F,Paiva V,Calejo L,Montenegro N,Leite LP,Centeno MJ,Rodrigues M,Santos NT,Barros H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of different concentrations of aluminum sulphate on the nonenzymatic oxidation of dopamine was studied in order to evaluate the action of this metal on neuromelanin synthesis. Data shows that under the studied conditions, aluminum partially inhibits dopamine self-oxidation, decreasing the formation of some ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Marinho CR,Manso CF

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the ambulatory treatment of a young man, the son of a divorced mother, where they used a methodology called Combined Treatment of Heroin Addicts, which was done in stages. They used family sessions, with a concomitant hearing of the patient alone, combined with the use of an opioid antagonist, cal...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Neto D,Sardinha L,David M,Cantante S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toscana virus (Phlebovirus genus, Bunyaviridae family) is a neurotropic virus which circulates in the Mediterranean Basin. Although Portugal has been the second country where its presence was reported, the existence of this virus in our country has been referred only sporadically, and there is a lack of knowledge rega...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Amaro F,Luz T,Parreira P,Ciufolini MG,Marchi A,Janeiro N,Zagalo A,Proença P,Ramos MI,Alves MJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabry disease (FD) is a rare disorder resulting from mutations of the alpha-Galactosidase A lysosomal enzyme gene. Accumulation of enzyme substrates leads to multisystemic clinical manifestations and multiorgan progressive damage with high morbidity and mortality. Recombinant enzyme replacement therapy (RERT) now avai...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Capelo J,Soares C,Carragoso A,Ribeiro P,Girão F,Henriques P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of angiosarcoma, Raynaud's disease and arteriovenous malformation of the intestinal tract is presented. We propose the association of these three vascular diseases, which has not yet been described. The study of more cases is important in order to understand the physiopathological mechanisms involved. ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Vaz F,de Castro JT,Tomé V,Marques JM,de Carvalho V

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our neonatal service is part of a differentiated perinatal hospital and has contributed to the Vermont Oxford Network for more than 15 years. This data base includes data on the morbidity and mortality of newborns born in the member hospitals with birth weight between 401 and 1500 g and/ or from 22 to 29 w...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Saldanha J,Moniz C,Machado MC

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present their clinical experience of leg and foot reconstruction with 227 clinical cases. Based on these cases the authors analyse the use of 18 musculocutaneous, 53 axial, 72 septocutaneous and 84 free flaps, totalling 29 different kinds of flaps performed. Although no definitive conclusions can be drawn ...

journal_title：Acta medica portuguesa

authors： Amarante J,Reis J,Malheiro E,Comba AS,Silva A,Pereira MC

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00