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Acta Médica Portuguesa
Ordem dos Médicos
About: Acta Médica Portuguesa is an academic journal published by Ordem dos Médicos. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Population. It has an ISSN identifier of 0870-399X. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 3489 publications have been published receiving 18788 citations. The journal is also known as: Acta Medica Portuguesa.
Topics: Medicine, Population, Internal medicine, Pregnancy, Disease
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TL;DR: In the clinical care provided to diabetics, prevention of late complications is as important as good metabolic control and education of the diabetic subject is essential.
Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with early and late complications. In the clinical care provided to diabetics, prevention of late complications is as important as good metabolic control. To achieve these goals education of the diabetic subject is essential. Eye and nervous system complications are particularly highlighted.
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TL;DR: This systematic review concluded that a moderate reduction in salt intake resulted in statistically significant decreases in blood pressure that may be helpful in normotensive patients and hypertensive patients.
Abstract: No presente artigo avaliamos e comentamos a Revisao Sistematica da Cochrane “Effect of longer-term modest salt reduction on blood pressure. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Apr 30;4:CD004937”. Questao Clinica: Qual o impacto a longo prazo (≥ 4 semanas) da restricao moderada de ingestao de sal na pressao arterial. Conclusoes: Esta revisao sistematica concluiu que a restricao moderada de ingestao de sal (reducao media -4,4 g por dia) diminui de forma significativa a pressao arterial (PA) em individuos normotensos (-2,42 mmHg PA sistolica; -1,00 mmHg PA diastolica) ou com hipertensao arterial (-5,39 mmHg PA sistolica; -2,82 mmHg PA diastolica). Verificaram-se ligeiros aumentos da actividade da renina plasmatica, aldosterona e norepinefrina. Contudo, nao se identificaram alteracoes significativas do perfil lipidico.
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