Hospital Central da Polícia Militar

What Should Brazilian Officers Be Trained For? A Mixed-Methods Study

This study is the initial step toward a contextual training approach for police force. It addresses the question “Which specific use of force situations should officers be trained for in Brazil?”. To date, the literature has offered little discussion of the contexts in which poli...

Consensus document on electroencephalography education in anaesthesiology: defining learning outcomes: A modified four-round Delphi study.

Background The brain is the primary target of general anaesthesia, yet routine brain monitoring remains underutilised. Although electroencephalography (EEG) is increasingly recognised as an important tool for assessing brain states during anaesthesia, inconsistent training and ov...

Discontinuous Peripheral Punctate Echogenic Foci in Thyroid Nodules: A New Sonographic Pattern Suggestive of Papillary Carcinoma

Background: Ultrasound risk stratification systems for thyroid nodules worldwide describe different types of echogenic foci, including punctate echogenic foci (microcalcifications), coarse internal calcifications, and peripheral (rim) calcifications (complete or incomplete), with...

Review article: Immunosuppression in Decompensated Autoimmune Hepatitis Cirrhosis ‐ To Suppress or Not to Suppress?

BACKGROUND: The management of decompensated autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) cirrhosis is one of the most challenging and controversial scenarios in hepatology. Clinicians face a high-stakes dilemma: whether to initiate immunosuppression to halt inflammatory activity or prioritize live...