Introduction: The international and national literature as well as studies carried out in universities in Portugal show there is excessive alcohol con...

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for healthcare services and has led to changes in the usage pattern of the ped...

Introduction: Rotavirus infections are a leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children under five years old. In December 2019, Portug...

Headache is one of the most common neurological symptoms of COVID-19. It has an estimated prevalence of 6% to 71% with most studies reporting 6% to 21%. It often appea...

A mutilação genital feminina (MGF) é definida pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) como “a prática que envolv...

Introduction: Primary open-angle glaucoma is the most frequent subtype of glaucoma. Relatives of primary open-angle glaucoma patients have an increase...

Introduction: Human parechovirus type 3 has been recognized as a cause of pediatric infection, occasionally associated with serious illness, including...

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, in children is usually a mild disease, but severe illness has been reported. Currently, the thera...

Introduction: Infective endocarditis presents a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Population-based studies addressing mortality caused by infectiv...