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Elísio Costa

Researcher at University of Porto

Publications -  234
Citations -  4664

Elísio Costa is an academic researcher from University of Porto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Erythropoietin & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 210 publications receiving 3246 citations. Previous affiliations of Elísio Costa include Instituto Politécnico Nacional & The Catholic University of America.

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Interventional tools to improve medication adherence: review of literature

TL;DR: This work reviews the most frequent interventions employed to increase the degree of medication adherence, the measured outcomes, and the improvements achieved, as well as the main limitations of the available studies on adherence, with a particular focus on older persons.
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Next-generation Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines for allergic rhinitis based on Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) and real-world evidence

Jean Bousquet, +102 more
TL;DR: Next-generation guidelines for the pharmacologic treatment of allergic rhinitis were developed by using existing GRADE-based guidelines forThe disease, real-world evidence provided by mobile technology, and additive studies (allergen chamber studies) to refine the MACVIA algorithm.
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Polypharmacy prevalence among older adults based on the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe.

TL;DR: Age, gender, number of limitations with activities of daily living, numberof chronic diseases, quality of life, depression, physical inactivity, network satisfaction, difficulty in taking medications, years of education and shortage of money were significant variables associated with polypharmacy.
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2019 ARIA Care pathways for allergen immunotherapy

Jean Bousquet, +98 more
- 07 Apr 2019 - 
TL;DR: Care pathways for AIT are reviewed using strict criteria and simple recommendations are provided that can be used by all stakeholders including healthcare professionals.
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Physical inactivity among older adults across Europe based on the SHARE database

TL;DR: Physical inactivity can be explained by physical, cognitive and psychological conditions, and interventions aimed at promoting physical activity among older people are needed to address this diversity of factors.