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• Value-based healthcare How can data be used by the Portuguese healthcare sector to foster clinical trials?

  Adriana Coutinho Gradim, Daniel Ferreira Polónia

  1-2

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• A non-parametric analysis for the identification of differentially expressed proteins in proteomic data

  Pedro Oliveira Corda, Tiago Costa, Fábio Trindade, Vera Afreixo

  3-5

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• Computing risks. Physicians do it better?

  Carina Ferreira, Teresa Abreu, Mário Basto

  6-7

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• Importance of gastric ultrasound in the study of gastric content

  Jorge Vaz Ramos Rodrigues de Cabral, Elena Segura-Grau, Ana Segura-Grau, Guillermo Payeras, Ricardo Araújo, Mário Muginga, Vera Afreixo

  8-9

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• An exploratory analysis of aging gene expression levels using gene functions’ combinations As expected the heart has age!

  Adelaide Freitas, Jorge Cabral, Adela Iutis, Joana Antão, Sérgio Marques, Tiago Costa, Gabriela Moura

  10-12

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• Prevalence Childhood Obesity

  Elsa Maria Melo, José Joaquim Alvarelhão, Clara Marisa Correia

  13-14

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• Prediction of the number of hospitalizations due to diabetes in Portugal: a time series analysis

  Mónica Fialho, Marília Antunes

  15-16

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• Nursing Intervention Program and the Burden of Family Caregivers

  Ricardo Manuel Melo, Célia Santos, Marta Silva, Joaquim Alvarelhão, Rita Leal, Sandra Amaro, José Luis Vilas Boas, Marília Rua

  17-18

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• Basic Life Support: evaluating how training impacts the way students perceive their ability to use it

  Helena Alvelos, José António Nobre Santos, Susana Cavadas, Ana Raquel Raquel Xambre

  19-20

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• Rasch Analysis of a questionnaire for measuring patients’ satisfaction in a Portuguese Hospital

  José Joaquim Alvarelhão, Célias Freitas, Emília Prudente, Céu Silvestre, Rui Costa

  21-23

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• Exploring the clinical characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using multiple and joint correspondence analysis

  Daniel Lobo Castro, Vera Enes, Gabriela Moura, Alda Marques

  24-28
• Micro-multileaf collimator for stereotactic radiosurgery A retrospective plan quality metrics comparison to multileaf collimator

  Sara Velha, Sílvia L Leitão, David Faria, Fernando Costa, Joana Vale

  29-31

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• ‘Let’s Get This Off Our Chest’: Should Patients Referred for Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Undergo a Preoperative Psychosocial Assessment?

  Helena Sousa, Sónia Castro, Joaquim Abreu, M. Graça Pereira

  32-33

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• “No matter what I do, it matters how WE feel”: Exploring the associations between patients’ and family members’ psychological distress and treatment adherence in end-stage renal disease.

  Helena Sousa, Vera Afreixo, Roberta Frontini, Fernando Ribeiro, Constança Paúl, Elísio Costa, Óscar Ribeiro, Daniela Figueiredo

  34-35

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• ‘Together WE can make it better’: Should family-based interventions be considered to promote health-related quality of life of patients with chronic physical conditions?

  Helena Sousa, Vera Afreixo, Roberta Frontini, Fernando Ribeiro, Constança Paúl, Elísio Costa, Óscar Ribeiro, Daniela Figueiredo

  36-37

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• Benzene and other solvents exposure and incidence of hematologic malignancies

  Adela Iutis, Vera Afreixo, Raquel M Silva, Gisela Ferreira

  38-39

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• Non‑alcoholic fatty liver disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: systematic review and meta‑analysis – An update

  Ana Daniela Batista, Juliana Fernandes, Francisca Mineiro

  40-41

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• Hypertensive patients taking different dosages of anti-hypertensive medication have different hematoma sizes when suffering with intracerebral haemorrhage: Cohort study

  João Reis

  42-43

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• Impact of prematurity on newborn urine: a metabolomics strategy to identify markers of organ maturity

  Daniela Duarte, Cristina Pita, Fátima Negrão, Isabel M. Carreira, Maria do Céu Almeida, Pedro Domingues, Ana M. Gil

  44-46

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• Statistical methods for the study of extracellular vesicles content and their potential as biomarkers of multiple myeloma aggressiveness

  Carolina Festas Pestana, Lisete Sousa, Emilie Carneiro, Filipa Barahona, Joana Caetano, Raquel Lopes, Bruna Ferreira, Cristina João

  47-48

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• A single dose of ferric carboxymaltose optimization protocol in the management of anaemic patients presented for postbariatric plastic surgery: a retrospective cohort analysis

  Beatriz dos Santos Viegas, Sara Velha, Ana Castro, Diana Afonso, Emília Silva

  49-51

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• Nutritional Patterns using Principal Component Analysis and Their Associations with Age-Related Macular Degeneration. The Coimbra Eye Study – Report 7. Nutritional Patterns using PCA and AMD

  Sandrina Nunes, Rita Coimbra, Patrícia Barreto, João Rodrigues, Carlos Almeida, Miguel Raimundo, Sonia Simões, Maria da Luz Cachulo, Lèlita Santos, Rufino Silva

  52-57

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• Genetic characterization of AMD patients – Preliminary results of the Coimbra Eye Study

  Rita Alexandra Coimbra, Cláudia Farinha, Patrícia Barreto, Sandrina Nunes, Rufino Silva

  58-60

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• Caregiver Strain Index Psychometric Properties in a Portuguese Sample of Informal Caregivers

  Marta Susana Martins Silva, João Duarte, Joaquim Alvarelhão, Ricardo Melo, Patrícia Morais, Rui Araújo, Marília Rua

  61-62

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• The effect of levodopa medication on stride time variability in patients with Parkinsonism

  Flora Ferreira, Carlos Fernandes, José Braga, Estela Bicho, Wolfram Erlhagen, Miguel F. Gago

  63-64

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• Procalcitonin in burn patients: diagnosis of sepsis and prognosis of death in the first week

  Mariana Costa Fernandes, Sérgio Marques, Rita Meireles, Marisa Caetano, Luís Cabral

  65-66

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• Cox Models and Cure Mixture Models An application to the time to hospitalization in Ulcerative Colitis patients

  Alexandra Sofia Ribeiro de Almeida, Marília Antunes, Joana Torres, Catarina Frias Gomes

  67-68

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• Reverse Remodelling of Right Ventricle in Children after Aortic Coarctation Repair – Z-Score Application

  Ana Filipa Silva Ferreira, Francisca Saraiva, António Barros, Patrícia Rodrigues, José Carlos Areias, Adelino Leite-Moreira, Inês Falcão-Pires

  69-70

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• Analysis of knowledge, perceptions and self-confidence in tobacco control among graduating dental students in Portugal .

  Marilia Santos Rua, Jorge Bonito, Mónica Condinho, Sofia Belo Ravara, Carlos Albuquerque, Pedro Aguiar, Vera Afreixo

  71-72

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• Single versus Multiple Imputation Methods Applied to Classify Dyslipidemic Patients Concerning Statin Usage: a Comparative Performance Study

  Joao Albuquerque, Ana Medeiros, Catarina Alves, Mafalda Bourbon, Marília Antunes

  73-74

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• Evaluation of vancomycin susceptibility among isolates of Staphylococcus aureus infections between 2010 and 2018 in Aveiro, Portugal

  Raquel Diaz, Elmano Ramalheira, Bruno Gago, Vera Afreixo

  75-76

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• Exercise training for arterial stiffness in adults with hypertension. Where do we stand? A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Susana Lopes

  77-78

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• Reconstructing survival data from published Kaplan-Meier curves: an algorithm validation

  Francisca Almeida Saraiva, João P. Leite-Moreira, André P. Lourenço, António S. Barros, Adelino Leite-Moreira

  79-80

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• Transition to parenthood in the social context, extended family and friends, on pregnancy in late age.

  Sandra Maria Campinos Rodrigues

  81-82

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