Editorial Staff

Director: President of the Portuguese Medical Association, Carlos Cortes

Deputy Director and Editor-in-Chief: Tlago Villanueva, Acta Médica Portuguesa. Lisboa. Portugal.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Helena Donato, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal; Pedro Escada, Diretor do Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia. Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. Portugal.

Associated Editors: Henrique Alexandrino, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra. Colmbra. Portugal; Bernardo Gomes, Unidade de Saúde Pública Entre Douro e Vouga I. Santa Maria da Feira. Portugal; Filipe Martinho, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca. Amadora. Portugal; Edgar Mesquita, Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal; Marina Pinheiro, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto. Porto. Portugal; João Carlos Ribeiro, Consultor Médico em Otorrinolaringologia. Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Coimbra. Coimbra. Portugal; Tlago Torres, Centro Hospitalar Universitario do Porto. Porto. Portugal.

Editorial Coordination: Carla de Sousa Editorial Assistant: Bruna Duarte Image Editor: Rul Matos Open Journal System: José Carona Carvalho Webmaster: José Matias/Justweb Translator: Miguel Fontes.

Editors Emeriti: Alberto Galvão Teles (1978-1987), F. Veiga Fernandes (1987 - 1993), A. Sales Luis (1993 - 1996), Carlos Ribeiro (1996 - 1998). J. Germano Sousa (1999 - 2004). Pedro Nunes (2005-2010), Rul Tato Marinho (2011 - 2016). José Manuel Silva (2017).

Publisher: Ordem dos Médicos (NIPC 500 984 492)

Headquarters: Av. Almirante Gago Coutinho, 151. 1749-084 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel: +351 21 151 71 00 E-mail: [email protected]. ISSN:0870-399X -ISSN: 1646-0758

Subscriptions: Portugal: 300 Euros; Internacional: 350 Euros.

Registration: Registered at Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social with record nr. 106 369.

Compulsory Legal Deposit: 20 957/88

Editorial Statutes: http://www.actamedicaportuquesa.com/eng/normas-de-publicacao

Open Access: Acta Médica Portuguesa is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY NC).

Scientific Advisory Board

Álvaro Cohen
Representative of the Differentiated Obstetric Ultrasound Competence  National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Ana Isabel Santos
Representative of the Nuclear Medicine Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association.  Lisbon. Portugal.

Ana Rita Cravo
Representative of the Pharmaceutical Medicine Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association.  Lisbon. Portugal.

António Franklim Ramos
Representative of the Health Services Management Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

António Jorge Silva
Representative of the Medical Hydrology Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

António Gandra d’Almeida
Representative of the Military Medicin Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Armando Mansilha
Representative of the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

António Marques da Silva
Representative of the Anesthesiology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Carlos Sottomayor
President of the Oncology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Catarina Aguiar Branco
Representative of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Daniel Beirão
Representative of the Medical Safety Expertise Competence Social National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Duarte Nuno Vieira
Representative of the Personnel Harm Assessment Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Eduardo Netto
Representative of Radioncology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Fernando Lopes
Representative of the Clinical Coding Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Filomena Botelho
Representative of the Experimental Pathology Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Francisco Esteves
Representative of the Intensive Medicine Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Graça Mesquita
Representative of the Pain Medicine Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Isabel Fragata
Representative of the Neuroradiology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Isabel Lima dos Santos
Representative of the Medical Acupuncture Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Isabel Luzeiro
Representative of the Neurology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Joana Patrícia Tavares Ferreira
Representative of the Ophthalmology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

João Vítor Pina Alves
Representative of the Dermatovenereology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

João Guerra da Costa
Representative of the Clinical Pharmacology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

José Durão
Representative of Conselho Nacional do Médico Interno at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

José G. Merino
Georgetown University Medical Center. Washington. United States of America.

José Manuel Mira Mendes Furtado
Representative of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

José Miguens
President of the Neurosurgery Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

José Neves
Representative of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

 

José Pinho Marques
President of the Sports Medicine Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Lia Sousa Fernandes
Representative of the Geriatrics Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Lino Gonçalves
Representative of the Sexology Competence National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Lisa Vicente
Representative of the Cardiology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Luciana Baère de Faria Ricca Gonçalves
Representative of the Immunohemotherapy Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Luís Cadinha
Representative of the Public Health Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Luís Lopes
Representative of the Gastroenterology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisboa. Portugal.

Luís Monteiro
Representative of the Urology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Manuel Carlos Loureiro de Lemos
Representative of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Manuela Silva
Representative of the Psychiatry Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Maria José Costa Almeida
Representative of the Occupational Medicine Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Maria da Graça de Figueiredo Vilar
Representative of the Clinical Addictology Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Marta Janeiro da Costa Dias
Representative of the Pediatric Surgery Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Matthew Clarke
Institute of Cancer Research / University College London Hospitals. London. United Kingdom.

Miguel Vilares
Representative of the Maxillofacial Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Nelson José de Sousa Pereira
Representative of the Medical Emergency Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Nuno Diogo
Representative of the Orthopedics Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Nuno Maria Trigueiros da Silva Cunha
Representative of the Otorhinolaryngology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Paula Maria Broeiro Gonçalves
Representative of  the Specialty of General and Family Medicine National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Paulo Santos
Representative of the Specialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry  National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Raquel Tavares
Representative of the Infectious Diseases Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Ricardo Veiga
Representative of the Pathological Anatomy Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Rui Duarte Castro Moreira
Representative of the Stomatology Specialty National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Sofia Vidigal e Almada
Representative of the Aviation Medicine National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Susana de Sousa
Representative of the Sleep Medicine Competency National Board at Portuguese Medical Association. Lisbon. Portugal.

Teresa Magalhães
Medicine Faculty. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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