Objectives: To study the prevalence of self-medication among pharmacy customers in rural
areas of Portugal, to assess possible predictors of self-medication and to find out whether …

… Magda Nunes de Melo led the literature review. Magda Nunes de Melo and Alison Paprica
led the work to design private sector example studies, independently coded transcripts and …

Objective Poor compliance to antihypertensive medications has been identified as a primary
cause of uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), with consequent increases in hypertension‐…

BACKGROUND: Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
believed to be a common occurrence in patients with COPD and are known to be …

Objective: To determine whether the use of inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor
antagonists (LTRAs) has had an impact on asthma mortality in Portugal during the period 1991…

Objective: This study aimed to critically review the literature available regarding the Zika virus
outbreak in Brazil and its possible association with microcephaly cases. Sources: Experts …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the neurological outcome of newborns with seizures. METHOD:
Cohort study with newborns prospectively followed. Perinatal characteristics and etiological …

… MAGDA LAHORGUE NUNES * * Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS
, Porto Alegre- RS; ** Instituto de Neurologia Deolindo Couto - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro - RJ; *** …

This thesis consists of mo articles, one pertaining to rates of disease exacerbation in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (CO PO), and the other to the effectiveness of inhaled …

… by Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP). Magda Lahorgue Nunes, Jaderson Costa
da Costa and Augusto Buchweitz are supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento …