A 61-year old male was referred to the Ophthalmology department because of decreased bilateral visual acuity. The patient had metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma and ...

Introduction: In Portugal, a colorectal cancer screening program based on faecal immunochemical test followed by colonoscopy was shown to be cost-effe...

Introduction: Ambulatory surgery has proven benefits in patient wellbeing and cost reduction in healthcare systems. However, some patients referred for ambulatory surg...

Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare entity (incidence in Europe of 1/18 000 live births) leading to great morbidity and mortality and represents the first indication for pe...

Duarte-Batista et al have analyzed the occurrences and outcomes of a series of 178 adult patients with head injury that had an initial normal head computed tomography ...

In March 2021, the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant was suspected and detected in our hospital by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain rea...

O Hospital-Escola da Universidade Fernando Pessoa (HE-UFP) recebeu as primeiras doses da vacina Moderna contra o SARS-Cov-2, em janeiro de 2021. No planeamento da admi...

Introduction: Excessive chronic alcohol users, and particularly patients with alcohol use disorder, may present an alcohol withdrawal syndrome if they...

After widespread vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines, there have been worldwide reports on thrombosis, bleeding, and thrombocytopenia. Recently, a rare syndrome with a ...