Adalberto Fernandes Pereira Dos Santos

Agostinho Neto University · Faculty of Medicine /Biochemistry

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that may lead to a severe acute respiratory syndrome. Such syndrome is thought to be related, at least in part, to a dysregulation of the immune system which involves three main components: hyperactivity of the innate immune system; decreased production of type 1 Interferons (IF...

ABSTRACT Objective: Digital interventions such as remote monitoring of symptoms and physiological measurements have the potential to reduce the economic burden of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but their cost-effectiveness remains unclear. This systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCT) aims to assess whether d...

Purpose To analyse factors affecting the ability to use the digital asthma monitoring application Mask-Air® in old-age individuals living in inland Portugal. Patients and Methods In this observational study, patients with medically confirmed asthma who agreed to participate were interviewed and subdivided into Non-users Group: those who could not...

Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease that affects individuals of all ages. It has a high prevalence and is associated with high morbidity and considerable levels of mortality. However, asthma is not a single disease, and multiple subtypes or phenotypes (clinical, inflammatory or combinations thereof) can be detected, namely in aggregated clusters....

Os telefones emitem radiações eletromagnéticas não ionizantes da faixa das micro-ondas, que quando incidem sobre o corpo humano podem ser prejudiciais a saúde humana. O presente estudo tem como objetivo determinar os efeitos fisiológicos que podem se manifestar no ser humano, por ação da radiação eletromagnética causada pelo uso de telefone, em épo...