Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics

Institute of Bioethics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005, Porto, Portugal

Biography

Dr. António Maia Gonçalves joined the Unilabs team in February 2020, assuming the role of Medical Director of the group in Portugal. 
 he graduated in Medicine from the University of Porto, specializing in Internal Medicine and Intensive Care. He holds a Master's Degree in Bioethics from the University of Navarra and a PhD in Bioethics from the Catholic University of Portugal with the thesis "Bioethics in Intensive Care". 

Publications

• Review Article   
  Missed Opportunities: How Europe Failed to Predict the Second Wave and Why We Did Not Get it Worse in the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
  Author(s): Menezes L*, Goncalves MA, Santos R, Almeida JP and Vieita M
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has entered now in its second wave in the European continent. In this article we want to analyses the preparedness level of Europe for a second wave and why did things go into the situation we faced in the last 3 months until December. We go deeper to understand the second wave in Portugal and what it could have been, using a mathematical model to compare it to the first wave. Finally, we try to understand the improvement of procedures, medical knowledge and treatment collected and improved during these months, that allowed for a lower mortality rate in the referring period. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9627.21.12.370

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