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Daniel Virella

Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Publications -  82
Citations -  952

Daniel Virella is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 76 publications receiving 722 citations.

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Effect of indoor air quality of day care centers in children with different predisposition for asthma

TL;DR: Scarce information is available about the relationships between indoor air quality (IAQ) at day care centers (DCC) and the estimated predisposition for asthma, and the actual wheezing susceptibility.
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Is intrauterine growth appropriate to monitor postnatal growth of preterm neonates

TL;DR: When using the useful 2013 Fenton Chart, data should be interpreted with caution taking into account two aspects: the physiologic loss of body water after birth for the weight curves, and the questionable accuracy of the birth length curves considering the heterogeneity and reliability of the methods used in the original measurements.
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Fat mass index performs best in monitoring management of obesity in prepubertal children

TL;DR: FMI achieved the best combination of ability and swiftness to identify reduction of adiposity during monitoring of weight management in prepubertal obese children.
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A simple equation to estimate the osmolarity of neonatal parenteral nutrition solutions

TL;DR: Taking into account that an osmometer is not available in most clinical settings, the proposed equation appears to provide a quick and simple osmolarity calculation of neonatal parenteral nutrition solutions, thus allowing more accurate decisions to be taken regarding the choice of route and rate of administration of PN solutions.