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- A Endocrinologia em Portugal - Censo 2016. Direção do Colégio de Endocrinologia e Nutrição da Ordem dos MédicosPublication . Guimarães, J; Afonso, A; Carvalho, D; Marques, AP; Martins, T; Mascarenhas, MR; Pereira, C; Rodrigues, D; Saraiva, C; Cardoso, HIntrodução: A Direção do Colégio de Endocrinologia e Nutrição da Ordem dos Médicos realizou um inquérito nacional em setembro de 2016, a todos os serviços de Endocrinologia, Diabetes e Metabolismo dos hospitais do Serviço Nacional de Saúde e uma versão simplificada do mesmo foi enviada a todos os endocrinologistas a trabalhar em Portugal e inscritos no colégio. Material e Métodos: O censo inclui dados organizacionais e de recursos humanos relativos ao fim do ano de 2015. Registou 107 respostas individuais e 27 serviços. Resultados: O ratio de endocrinologistas por 100 000 habitantes era de 1,4, muito inferior a outros países europeus (varia de 2 a 4), que resulta numa carência grave de serviços em algumas zonas do País e em piores indicadores de qualidade. Discussão: Estes dados indicam que devem ser implementadas medidas para aumentar o número de endocrinologistas e serviços em Portugal. Conclusão: Nos últimos anos, o número de internos tem vindo a aumentar, o que vai permitir melhorar esta situação.
- Tratamento Endovascular de Rotura de Pseudoaneurisma da Artéria Gastroduodenal após Acidente de ViaçãoPublication . Dutra, S; Veloso Gomes, F; Bilhim, T; Coimbra, É; Estômago/irrigação sanguíneaThe authors present a case of a 39-year-old man with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis that was admitted in the emergency department after a car accident, complaining of abdominal pain and looking pale. The patient was hemodinamically unstable, requiring blood transfusions. He underwent computed tomography angiogram of the abdomen and pelvis, showing a pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery and a hemoperitoneum. He was referred to our interventional radiology unit and submitted to endovascular treatment, consisting of 'backdoor' and 'frontdoor' embolization of the gastroduodenal artery and pseudoaneurysm neck with coils, with total exclusion in control angiography. With this case description we intend to highlight the rarity of the pseudoaneurysm rupture of the gastroduodenal artery and to emphasize the importance of an interventional radiology response that had a fundamental role in the endovascular treatment, in an emergency context.
- Conflict of Interest Disclosure in a Top-Tier Portuguese Medical JournalPublication . Moreira Fonseca, NINTRODUCTION: Scientific medical publications are considered to be a source of unbiased and independent information. Authors are required to disclose relationships with the pharmaceutical industry for transparency purposes. The aim of this work was to assess conflict of interest disclosure in a Portuguese top-tier medical journal by comparing authors' self-reported conflicts of interest with payments listed in the official database of Portuguese Ministry of Health. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All articles published in the Portuguese Journal of Cardiology from December 2015 to May 2016 were reviewed. Articles based on clinical images, with authors affiliated to foreign institutions, editorials, letters to the editor, or submitted before January 1st 2015 were excluded. Authors were categorized on concordance between self-reported disclosures and payments listed in the database. Authors who authored multiple articles were counted as new authors, since each paper offered a new opportunity for financial disclosure. RESULTS: Of the 155 authors surveyed, 82 (53%) were in perfect concordance with the sunshine database, while 73 authors (47%) had one or more undisclosed payments. Undisclosed payments totaled over € 210 000. Four (17%) articles mentioned a conflict of interest, 24 articles (96%) had at least one author with undisclosed payments. DISCUSSION: None of the payments listed in the database was acknowledged in self-reported conflicts of interest. This might indicate that authors do not consider their financial relationships with the industry to be relevant. CONCLUSION: The lack of concordance between self-reported conflicts of interest and payments found in the database raises concerns about incomplete disclosure.