Neurological Involvement in a Portuguese Cohort of IgG4-Related Disease
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the phenotypical variability of the neurological IgG4-RD. Biopsy inaccessibility reinforces the importance of new criteria for the diagnosis of this subset of patients.PMID:38669036 | DOI:10.20344/amp.20767 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 26, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jo ão Moura Maria Jo ão Malaquias Firmina Jorge Eduarda Pinto Ana Sardoeira In ês Laranjinha Vanessa Oliveira Ana Paula Sousa Joana Dam ásio Lu ís Maia Nuno Vila-Ch ã Raquel Sam ões Ricardo Taipa Ana Martins da Silva Ernestina Santos Source Type: research

Improving the Care of Hip Fracture Patients Through Orthogeriatrics
Acta Med Port. 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.20344/amp.21169. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38655787 | DOI:10.20344/amp.21169 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mariana Alves Sofia Duque Source Type: research

Ethical Review Processes as a Barrier to Research in Primary Healthcare: Reflection on the Submission of a Multicenter Study
Acta Med Port. 2024 Apr 22. doi: 10.20344/amp.21206. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38648628 | DOI:10.20344/amp.21206 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 22, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Margarida Gil Conde Gil Correia Raquel Ramos Luiz Miguel Santiago Source Type: research

Anterior Cervical Cystic Lymphangioma in an Adult Patient
Acta Med Port. 2024 Apr 19. doi: 10.20344/amp.20960. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38639719 | DOI:10.20344/amp.20960 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: B árbara Neto Castro Daniel Martins David Afonso Jo ão Susana Gra ça Manuel Oliveira Source Type: research

Submission to Healthcare Ethics Committees in Portugal: Our Experience
Acta Med Port. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.20344/amp.21466. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38630614 | DOI:10.20344/amp.21466 (Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa)
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Daniela Ribeiro Carolina Sotana Goranka Petri ček Joana Azeredo Bruno Heleno Source Type: research

Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis: Practical Insights for Clinicians
This article aims to provide a guide that will help healthcare professionals and clinical researchers from all fields that deal with Kaplan-Meier curves. Survival analysis methods are among the most frequently used in the medical sciences and in clinical research. Overall survival, progression free survival, time to recurrence, or any other clinically relevant parameter represented by a Kaplan-Meier curve will be discussed. We will present a practical and straightforward interpretation of these curves, setting aside intricate mathematical considerations. Our focus will be on essential concepts that interface with biologica...
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - April 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ant ónio Pedro Gomes Bruna Costa Rita Marques Vitor Nunes Constan ça Coelho Source Type: research