Centro Hospitalar do Porto

Standards for practical management of drug hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous drugs and proactive early allergy involvement before referral: A WAO Statement

Hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous therapies—including antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, biologics, anesthesia agents, and contrast media—pose significant challenges in acute care settings. These reactions often occur outside the purview of allergy specialists, leading to de...

Advanced Echocardiography and Myocardial Work in Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Presumptive Concurrent Cardiac Amyloidosis: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Background/Objectives: Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) can frequently precede the clinical diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the standard and advanced echocardiographic phenotype in a screening cohor...

Vaccination in pediatric transplantation—General recommendations. A position paper by the European Reference Network TransplantChild

Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric transplant recipients, despite significant advances in transplantation management. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to prevent infections; however, its efficacy is hindered in solid or...

Untargeted 1H-NMR metabolomics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluids to identify biomarkers for early diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) remain a leading cause of death worldwide. Their complex clinical presentation underscores the need for accurate, timely laboratory diagnosis; however, reliable diagnostic biomarkers are still lacking. We performed untargeted 1 H-NMR met...