Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test for Children (CARATkids): A systematic review and meta-analysis of its measurement properties.

Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test for Children (CARATkids) is the first patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) designed to assess both allergic rhinitis and asthma simultaneously in children aged 6 to 12 years. CARATkids has been validated in several languages and countries, highlighting the need for a review of its psychometric properties. This study aims to evaluate the measurement properties of CARATkids.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on arterial hypertension monitoring in Portugal.

Introduction And Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare provided to patients with arterial hypertension in Portugal.

Methods: The pre-pandemic and pandemic periods were compared using publicly available data on performance and health outcomes indicators from the Portuguese National Health Service (NHS). Pre-pandemic data were modeled to project hypothetical scenarios without a pandemic using an exponential smoothing algorithm, and then compared with data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prone transpsoas (PTP)-LLIF approach versus standard LLIF in patients undergoing surgical revision following adult spinal deformity correction surgery.

Introduction: Both the prone transpsoas (PTP) single-position lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) and standard (dual-position) LLIF enable minimally invasive (MIS) indirect decompression and deformity correction. Existing studies comparing the utility of these approaches for adult spinal deformity (ASD) correction have been limited to small, single-center series. No study has investigated revision single-position PTP-LLIF versus standard LLIF in a large cohort of ASD patients.

Is the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease Following the Recommendations Set Out in the Proposed Guidelines and in the SYNTAX Study?

Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause of death among cardiovascular diseases. Current guidelines aim to guide clinical practice in choosing the best treatment, based on the best scientific evidence. The SYnergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score uses anatomical and clinical factors, helping to assess the complexity of coronary lesions.

Daily digital biomarkers in the follow-up and clustering of patients with asthma.

Background And Research Question: We aimed to assess whether levels of digital biomarkers can reflect monthly patterns of asthma control.

Study Design And Methods: We performed a longitudinal study on patients with asthma and comorbid rhinitis who filled ≥26 days of data in a month in the MASK-air® app and who reported at least 1 day of treatment with an inhaled corticosteroid with or without a long-acting β-agonist (ICS ± LABA). We applied k-means cluster analysis to define clusters of months according to daily asthma control and medication use.