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Vacinas contra rotavírus e papilomavírus humano (HPV)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-07) LINHARES, Alexandre da Costa; VILLA, Luisa Lina
Objective: To briefly review strategies aimed at the development of rotavirus and HPV vaccines, with emphasis on the current status of studies assessing the safety, reactogenicity, immunogenicity and efficacy of recently developed vaccines. Sources of data: This review focuses on articles published from 1996 to 2006, mainly those from the last five years, with special emphasis on data obtained from recently completed studies involving a new live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine and a virus-like particle (HPV) vaccine. Summary of the findings: Strategies for developing rotavirus vaccines ranged from Jennerian approaches to the new human-derived rotavirus vaccine. Currently, two rotavirus vaccines are recognized as both efficacious and safe: a pentavalent human-bovine reassortant vaccine and a vaccine derived from an attenuated rotavirus of human origin. The second of these has been evaluated in more than 70,000 infants all over the world. Prophylactic vaccines against HPV have been tested in more than 25,000 young individuals around the world. Results from phase II and III clinical studies indicate that such vaccines against the most common types of HPV, those linked to both genital warts and 70% of cervical cancers, are safe and highly efficacious. Conclusions: A future rotavirus immunization program covering 60 to 80% of infants worldwide is likely to reduce by at least 50% the number of rotavirus-associated hospitalizations and deaths. It is also reasonable to expect that implementation of HPV prophylactic vaccines will reduce the burden of the HPV-related diseases that presently impact millions of people around the world.
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Analysis of imatinib adherence in chronic myeloid leukemia: a retrospective study in a referral hospital in the brazilian amazon
(Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular, 2019-06) ANDRADE, Alan Rodrigues; PAZ, Igor Penha; EVANGELISTA, Talitta Ribeiro; MELLO, Vanessa Joia de; HAMOY, Moisés; LEITÃO, Daniel da Silva
Background: There has been a revolution in the treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia since imatinib's introduction. However, patient adherence has a great impact on the response obtained with medical treatment. This study's objective was to analyze the drug adherence and the factors that influenced it in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in a referral hospital in the Brazilian Amazon. Method: This was a retrospective study including 120 patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia from January 2002 to December 2014. The adherence was estimated by the Proportion of Days Covered and the persistence by Kaplan-Meier analysis. The data was analyzed in Epi Info 7® software and the relationship between the variables was analyzed by Fisher's exact test. A p-value lower than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Twenty-seven patients (22.5%) were considered non-adherent. There has been irregular medication use and disinterest in the treatment in 20.83% (n = 25), of which 13 were considered non-adherent (p < 0.001). A total of 26.67% (n = 32) abandoned the treatment for a period. Of those, 56.25% (n = 18) were non-adherent (p < 0.001). Distance to the hospital, lack of medication and side-effects were all non-significant to low adherence. At the end of a 360-day follow-up, 44.16% (n = 53) of patients presented a break in persistence, whose average was 255 days. Conclusion: The adherence found in this study was similar to that found in others of its kind. The only factors that negatively influenced the adherence were disinterest and abandonment of treatment, which can reflect the need to individually educate Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients.
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Principais queixas vocais de pacientes idosos pós-tratamento para hanseníase
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, 2010-04) PALHETA NETO, Francisco Xavier; SILVA FILHO, Manoel da; PANTOJA JUNIOR, José Mariano Soriano; TEIXEIRA, Larissa Lane Cardoso; MIRANDA, Rafaela Vale de; PALHETA, Angélica Cristina Pezzin
Leprosy is an infectious disease, with vocal involvement varying between hoarseness and difficult breathing. Aim: compare the main vocal complaints among elderly patients after treatment for leprosy and a control group. Study design: descriptive prospective. Materials and methods: We included 50 patients aged over 60 years, 32 had been treated for leprosy, and the others formed the control group. We used our own questionnaire to analyze the vocal symptoms presented by the two groups, as well as gender, age, life style and comorbidities. Results: among the treated group, the most frequent symptoms were hawk (34.4%) and hoarseness (28.1%), while in the control group the most prevalent symptoms were hoarseness (77.8%) and a foreign body sensation (55.6%). Conclusion: the most prevalent voice complaints in patients treated for leprosy are hawking and hoarseness, and that its development is influenced by life style and associated diseases.
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Depression after CABG: a prospective study
(Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular, 2013-12) NUNES, Joana Kátya Veras Rodrigues Sampaio; FIGUEIREDO NETO, José Albuquerque de; SOUSA, Rosângela Maria Lopes de; COSTA, Vera Lívia Xavier de Castro; SILVA, Flor de Maria Araújo Mendonça; HORA, Ana Flávia Lima Teles da; SILVA, Edna Lúcia Coutinho da; REIS, Lívia Mariane Castelo Branco
INTRODUCTION: Depression during or shortly after hospitalization elevated two to three times the risk of mortality or nonfatal cardiac events, significantly increasing the morbidity and mortality of these patients. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of revascularization on symptoms of depression in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS: A prospective cohort study of 57 patients of both sexes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting between June 2010 and June 2011. We used the SF-36 to assess quality of life, and the Beck Depression Inventory to detect depressive symptoms, applied preoperatively and six months. RESULTS: The prevalence of patients aged 60-69 years was 22 patients (38.60%), 39 men (68.42%), 26 described themselves as mixed race (45.61%), 16 literate (28.07 %) and 30 married (52.63%). The beck depression inventory score demonstrated increased after revascularization: 15 patients mild (26.32%) at time zero to 17 (29.82%) after. And with moderate, seven patients (12.28%) before and 10 (17.54%) after. In the categories of individuals with decreased minimum degree of 32 (56.14%) to 28 (49.12%), and severe of three (5.26%) for two (3.51%) patients. Association was observed between beck depression inventory, gender, age, lifestyle, comorbidities and quality of life. CONCLUSION: There was a high prevalence of elevated beck depression inventory scores, lowest scores of depressive symptoms among men and association between the improvement of quality of life scores and beck depression invento
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Anatomopathological aspects of acute Chagas myocarditis by oral transmission
(Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, 2016-07) SOUZA, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de; ARAUJO, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de; SANTOS, Paulo Roberto Silva Garcez dos; FURTADO JUNIOR, Julio Cesar Branco; FIGUEIREDO, Maria Tereza Sanches; PÓVOA, Rui Manuel dos Santos
Vector transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi has declined in Latinpt_B America, which has been attributed to better epidemiological control of this form of transmission, estimated at 8 to 10 million chronic cases, in addition to reducing the number of new cases.1,2 However, there has been an increase in the incidence of acute cases, predominantly by oral transmission due to the ingestion of food contaminated with feces of triatomids, both in isolated cases and in family micro-outbreaks.3 Necropsy studies that describe myocarditis in the acute phase of Chagas' disease are scarce and the existing reports in the literature are of studies carried out in the past decades and involve vector transmission in endemic areas. Cardiac involvement in the acute phase may have varied aspects, especially in relation to myocardial lesion, from an undetectable one, to the evolution to acute heart failure with severe myocarditis and death. Cardiac involvement is present in 90% of the cases, manifesting with myocarditis and pericardial effusion.4,5 The analysis of a series of acute myocarditis cases showed a mortality of 5.6%.
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Cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic changes in fulminant hepatic failure
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-07) PASCHOAL JUNIOR, Fernando Mendes; NOGUEIRA, Ricardo de Carvalho; OLIVEIRA, Marcelo de Lima; PASCHOAL, Eric Homero Albuquerque; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen; D’ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz Augusto Carneiro; Edson Bor-Seng-Shu
Intracranial hypertension and brain swelling are a major cause of morbidity and mortality of patients suffering from fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). The pathogenesis of these complications has been investigated in man, in experimental models and in isolated cell systems. Currently, the mechanism underlying cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension in the presence of FHF is multi-factorial in etiology and only partially understood. The aim of this paper is to review the pathophysiology of cerebral hemodynamic and metabolism changes in FHF in order to improve understanding of intracranial dynamics complication in FHF.
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Proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells stimulated by oil rich in thymol of Lippia origanoides
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2018-05) BRITO, Felipe Nunes; VENDRAMIN, Fabiel Spani; LOPES, Cinthia Távora de Albuquerque; COSTA, Mayra Pauline Ribeiro; OHASHI, Otavio Mitio; MAIA, José Guilherme Soares; FERREIRA, Lydia Masako; SILVA, Joyce Kelly do Rosário da; MIRANDA, Moysés dos Santos
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of this thymol-rich oil in the proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells. Methods: Stem cells were isolated from human adipose tissue by liposuction. After the first passage, cells were cultivated in triplicate for three days in control medium and medium supplemented with three oil samples (1.0 μg/mL, 5.0 μg/mL, and 25.0 μg/mL). Cells were analyzed by the MTT assay at passage 1 (P1), and cell proliferation of control and 1 μg/mL groups was determined with a hemocytometer at P2 and P3. Results: Viability of the essential oil-treated cells was significantly higher than the control group at P1 (p = 0.0008). The treatment with the oil, at a concentration of 1 µg/mL, led to increases of 24.8% at P1 and 43.0% at P3 in the rate of cell proliferation compared with control cells. Conclusion: Supplementing culture medium with essential oil of Lippia origanoides increased cell proliferation, especially at later passages.
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Influence of oophorectomy on glycemia and lipidogram
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2018-05) TEIXEIRA, Renan Kleber Costa; FEIJÓ, Daniel Haber; VALENTE, André Lopes; CARVALHO, Luan Teles Ferreira de; GRANHEN, Hícaro Donato; PETROIANU, Andy; BOTELHO, Nara Macedo
Methods:Fifty six female rats were divided into the following 7 groups (n = 8): group 1 - sham group, group 2 - oophorectomy 30 days, group 3 - oophorectomy 35 days, group 4 - oophorectomy 40 days, group 5 - oophorectomy 45 days, group 6 - oophorectomy 70 days, group 7 - oophorectomy 55 days. Animals were following by number of days according the group. Was evaluated the serum levels of glucose and lipid profile. Results: The oophorectomized rats presented higher glycemia. Groups 3, 4, 6 and 7 had a higher glycemia and LDL levels (except for group 6) and groups 6 and 7 had lowest levels of HDL. Group 7 had highest level of VLDL than oophorectomy groups. There was no difference in triglycerides levels. Conclusion: Oophorectomy was related to dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, mainly after 50th days.
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Práticas de cuidado em saúde mental na voz dos usuários de um centro de atenção psicossocial do Estado do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-06) CARDOSO, Márcia Roberta de Oliveira; OLIVEIRA, Paulo de Tarso Ribeiro de; PIANI, Pedro Paulo Freire
This paper aimed to analyze how practices of care in mental health are perceived by users of a Psychosocial Care Center (Caps) of the State of Pará. The methodology used was a qualitative approach, discursive and ethnographic. 14 registered users participated in the study in Caps. The interviews were analyzed according to themes: Health and Disease Process; Route Therapeutic; Care Practices in Mental Health; User and Autonomy. In speeches, the Caps was the site where users felt better care. It was observed the coexistence of care practices that corroborate the principles of Psychiatric Reform and others that still reproduce the asylum logic.
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Antropometria de escolares ao ingresso no ensino fundamental na cidade de Belém, Pará, 2001
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2006-03) NEVES, Olga Maria Domingues das; BRASIL, Anne Lise Dias; BRASIL, Laélia Maria Barra Feio; TADDEI, José Augusto de Aguiar Carrazedo
Objectives: to perform anthropometric measurements in elementary school students of the public school system of the State of Belém, Pará, as a tool for nutritional surveillance and to study associations between nutritional status and biological, social and economic characteristics. Methods: 793 students were assessed for their nutritional status, by z scores of height/age and weight /height according to the World Health Organization criteria. Biological, social and economic variables were: gender, age, place of birth, age of school enrolment and maternal education level. The chi square test was used to relate nutritional status to variables. Results: of the 637 students assessed, 16.6% were of low stature or in risk of low stature, 4.5% malnourished or in risk of malnourishment, 7.4% were overweight or obese. There was no significant association between nutritional status and gender. The majority of the children was born in the capital, was enrolled late in school and had mothers with education level of >4 years. There was a significant correlation between obesity and low stature with low maternal education level; malnutrition risk and low stature with late school enrolment; and obesity and normal stature with regular enrollment. Conclusions: low maternal school level and late school enrollment are associated to nutritional problems. School nutritional surveillance is important to assess, treat and prevent children's health and nutrition risks.
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Artrite enteropática no Brasil: dados do registro brasileiro de espondiloartrites
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-12) RESENDE, Gustavo Gomes; LANNA, Cristina Costa Duarte; BERTOLUZZO, Adriana Bruscato; GONÇALVES, Celio Roberto; XIMENES, Antonio Carlos; BERTOLO, Manoel Barros; KEISERMAN, Mauro Waldemar; MENIN, Rita de Cássia; SKARE, Thelma Larocca; CARNEIRO, Sueli Coelho da Silva; AZEVEDO, Valderílio Feijó; VIEIRA, Walber Pinto; BIANCHI, Washington Alves; BONFIGLIOLI, Rubens; CAMPANHOLO, Cristiano Barbosa; CARVALHO, Hellen Mary da Silveira de; COSTA, Izaias Pereira da; DUARTE, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto; KOHEM, Charles Lubianca; MEIRELLES, Eduardo de Souza; PEREIRA, Ivânio Alves; PINHEIRO, Marcelo de Medeiros; POLITO, Elizandra Tomazela Laurenti; ROCHA, Francisco Airton Castro da; SANTIAGO, Mittermayer Barreto; CUNHA, Maria de Fátima Lobato da; VALIM, Valéria; BARROS, Percival Degrava Sampaio; RIBEIRO, Sandra Lúcia Euzébio; SILVA, José Antonio Braga da; ALBUQUERQUE, Elisa N.; LEITE, Nocy; LIMA, Sonia A. L.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative rectocolitis) have extraintestinal manifestations 25% of the patients, with the most common one being the enteropathic arthritis. Methods: Prospective, observational, multicenter study with patients from 29 reference centers participating in the Brazilian Registry of Spondyloarthritis (RBE), which incorporates the RESPONDIA (Ibero-American Registry of Spondyloarthritis) group. Demographic and clinical data were collected from 1472 patients and standardized questionnaires for the assessment of axial mobility, quality of life, enthesitic involvement, disease activity and functional capacity were applied. Laboratory and radiographic examinations were performed. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical, epidemiological, genetic, imaging, treatment and prognosis characteristics of patients with enteropathic arthritis with other types of spondyloarthritis in a large Brazilian cohort. Results: A total of 3.2% of patients were classified as having enteroarthritis, 2.5% had spondylitis and 0.7%, arthritis (peripheral predominance). The subgroup of individuals with enteroarthritis had a higher prevalence in women (P < 0.001), lower incidence of inflammatory axial pain (P < 0.001) and enthesitis (P = 0.004). HLA-B27 was less frequent in the group with enteroarthritis (P = 0.001), even when considering only those with the pure axial form. There was a lower prevalence of radiographic sacroiliitis (P = 0.009) and lower radiographic score (BASRI) (P = 0.006) when compared to patients with other types of spondyloarthritis. They also used more corticosteroids (P < 0.001) and sulfasalazine (P < 0.001) and less nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (P < 0.001) and methotrexate (P = 0.001). Conclusion: There were differences between patients with enteroarthritis and other types of spondyloarthritis, especially higher prevalence of females, lower frequency of HLA-B27, associated with less severe axial involvement.
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Incidence of tuberculosis among patients with rheumatoid arthritis using TNF blockers in Brazil: data from the Brazilian Registry of Biological Therapies in Rheumatic Diseases (Registro Brasileiro de Monitoração de Terapias Biológicas – BiobadaBrasil)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017) YONEKURA, Claudia Leiko Yonekura; OLIVEIRA, Renê Donizeti Ribeiro de; RANZA, Roberto; RANZOLIN, Aline; HAYATA, André Luiz Shinji; SILVEIRA, Inês Guimarães da; CARVALHO, Hellen Mary da Silveira de; MORAES, Julio Cesar Bertacini de; ABREU, Mirhelen Mendes de; VALIM, Valéria; BIANCHI, Washington Alves; BRENOL, Claiton Viegas; PEREIRA, Ivânio Alves; COSTA, Izaias Pereira da; MACIEIRA, José Caetano; GUEDES-BARBOSA, Luiz Sérgio; BERTOLO, Manoel Barros; CUNHA, Maria de Fátima Lobato da; SILVA, Marília Barreto Gameiro; FREIRE, Marlene; SCHEINBERG, Morton Aaron; TOLEDO, Roberto Acayaba de; OLIVEIRA, Sheila Knupp Feitosa de; FERNANDES, Vander; PINHEIRO, Marcelo de Medeiros; CASTRO, Gláucio Ricardo Werner de; VIEIRA, Walber Pinto; BAAKLINI, Cesar Emile; RUFFINO-NETTO, Antonio; PINHEIRO, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar; LAURINDO, Ieda Maria Magalhães; LOUZADA-JUNIOR, Paulo; TITTON, David C.; DUARTE, Angela; MIRANDA, Jose R. S.
Objectives: To assess the incidence of tuberculosis and to screen for latent tuberculosis infection among Brazilians with rheumatoid arthritis using biologics in clinical practice. Patients and methods: This cohort study used data from the Brazilian Registry of Biological Therapies in Rheumatic Diseases (Registro Brasileiro de Monitoração de Terapias Biológicas - BiobadaBrasil), from 01/2009 to 05/2013, encompassing 1552 treatments, including 415 with only synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, 942 synthetic DMARDs combined with anti-tumor necrosis factor (etanercept, infliximab, adalimumab) and 195 synthetic DMARDs combined with other biologics (abatacept, rituximab and tocilizumab). The occurrence of tuberculosis and the drug exposure time were assessed, and screening for tuberculosis was performed. Statistical analysis: Unpaired t-test and Fisher's two-tailed test; p < 0.05. Results: The exposure times were 981 patient-years in the controls, 1744 patient-years in the anti-TNF group (adalimumab = 676, infliximab = 547 and etanercept = 521 patient-years) and 336 patient-years in the other biologics group. The incidence rates of tuberculosis were 1.01/1000 patient-years in the controls and 2.87 patient-years among anti-TNF users (adalimumab = 4.43/1000 patient-years; etanercept = 1.92/1000 patient-years and infliximab = 1.82/1000 patient-years). No cases of tuberculosis occurred in the other biologics group. The mean drug exposure time until the occurrence of tuberculosis was 27(11) months for the anti-TNF group. Conclusions: The incidence of tuberculosis was higher among users of synthetic DMARDs and anti-TNF than among users of synthetic DMARDs and synthetic DMARDs and non-anti-TNF biologics and also occurred later, suggesting infection during treatment and no screening failure.
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Study of enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher Disease: comparative analysis of clinical and laboratory parameters at diagnosis and after two, five and ten years of treatment
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-10) SOUZA, Ana Maria Almeida; MUNIZ, Thiago Pimentel; BRITO, Rafael Maciel
Objective: to evaluate the impact of enzyme replacement therapy for Gaucher Disease on clinical and laboratory parameters after two, five and ten years of treatment. Methods: data were collected from patient records and analyzed using BioEstat software (version 5.0). Student's t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Wilcoxon test and Kruskal–Wallis test were used for statistical analysis. Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly were analyzed using the Kappa test. Results: there was a significant increase in hemoglobin levels (p-value <0.01) and platelet counts (p-value = 0.01) within two years of therapy. At the same time, the frequencies of splenomegaly (p-value <0.01) and hepatomegaly (p-value <0.05) reduced. These results were similar at five and ten years of enzyme replacement therapy. Conclusions: there are substantial and quick (within two years) laboratory and clinical responses to enzyme replacement therapy. These improvements continue as long as enzyme replacement therapy is administered every two weeks, as recommended by the literature.
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Efeitos do uso crônico do tramadol sobre a prenhez da rata albina
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2001-03) AZEVEDO, Eliel Nina de; OLIVEIRA-FILHO, Ricardo Martins de; SIMÕES, Manuel de Jesus; KULAY JÚNIOR, Luiz; SANTOS, Alexandra Silva
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Avaliação da tolerabilidade e do controle de ciclo de dois contraceptivos orais de baixa dose: estudo comparativo aberto
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1998-06) BARACAT, Edmund Chada; BARBOSA, Ione Cristina; MELO, Nilson Roberto de; PINHO NETO, João Sabino de Lima; TOMAZ, Geraldez; CAMPOS, Altamiro Araujo; HYPPOLITO, Sylvia B.; MUSSIELO, Rafael; NASSAR, Rosival
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Electrocardiogram Performance in the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12) BURGOS, Paula Freitas Martins; LUNA FILHO, Bráulio; COSTA, Francisco de Assis; BOMBIG, Maria Teresa Nogueira; SOUZA, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de; BIANCO, Henrique Tria; OLIVEIRA FILHO, Japy Angelini; IZAR, Maria Cristina de Oliveira; FONSECA, Francisco Antonio Helfenstein; PÓVOA, Rui Manuel dos Santos
Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular events, and its detection usually begins with an electrocardiogram (ECG). Objective: To evaluate the impact of complete left bundle branch block (CLBBB) in hypertensive patients in the diagnostic performance of LVH by ECG. Methods: A total of 2,240 hypertensive patients were studied. All of them were submitted to an ECG and an echocardiogram (ECHO). We evaluated the most frequently used electrocardiographic criteria for LVH diagnosis: Cornell voltage, Cornell voltage product, Sokolow-Lyon voltage, Sokolow-Lyon product, RaVL, RaVL+SV3, RV6 /RV5 ratio, strain pattern, left atrial enlargement, and QT interval. LVH identification pattern was the left ventricular mass index (LVMI) obtained by ECHO in all participants. Results: Mean age was 11.3 years ± 58.7 years, 684 (30.5%) were male and 1,556 (69.5%) were female. In patients without CLBBB, ECG sensitivity to the presence of LVH varied between 7.6 and 40.9%, and specificity varied between 70.2% and 99.2%. In participants with CLBBB, sensitivity to LVH varied between 11.9 and 95.2%, and specificity between 6.6 and 96.6%. Among the criteria with the best performance for LVH with CLBBB, Sokolow-Lyon, for a voltage of≥ 3,0mV, stood out with a sensitivity of 22.2% (CI 95% 15.8 – 30.8) and specificity of 88.3% (CI 95% 77.8 – 94.2). Conclusion: In hypertensive patients with CLBBB, the most often used criteria for the detection of LVH with ECG showed significant decrease in performance with regards to sensitivity and specificity. In this scenario, Sokolow-Lyon criteria with voltage ≥3,0mV presented the best performance. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2017; 108(1):47-52).
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Achados incidentais de aneurismas torácicos e abdominais
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-06) GÓES JUNIOR, Adenauer Marinho de Oliveira; FREIRE, Bárbara Íris Mascarenhas; RODRIGUES, Sofia Cunha; ANDRADE, Mariseth Carvalho de; FRANCO, Reinaldo Sérgio Monteiro
Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are the most common. The annual incidence of AAA rupture is eight cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Incidental detection can benefit patients if diameter is monitored and the correct treatment provided. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of incidental diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and AAA by computed tomography (CT); to determine prevalence by age and sex of patients and determine which arteries are involved and the morphological characteristics of the aneurysms; to determine the indications for CT most associated with incidental diagnosis of aneurysms. Methods: This was a descriptive, retrospective and randomized study. Inclusion criteria: patients over 50 years of age examined with CT of the thorax, abdomen or pelvis. Exclusion criteria: follow-up or diagnostic suspicion of aneurysms. Data collection instruments containing questions covering demographic and anatomic data were used. Results: A sample of 1,202 radiology reports was reviewed. A total of 27 aneurysms were detected (prevalence of 2.2%). Patients: 60% were male and 40% were female (p < 0.05). Sites: there were 13 cases (48.2%) in the ascending aorta (TAA); 7 (25.9%) in the infrarenal aorta (AAA); 2 (7.4%) at the thoracoabdominal transition of the aorta (TTA); 2 (7.4%) in the common iliac artery ; 1 (3.7%) in the internal iliac artery; 1 (3.7%) in the splenic artery; and 1 (3.7%) in the renal artery. Conclusions: The majority of patients were male (60%); TAA was the most common type (mean diameter: 4.1 cm), followed by AAA (mean diameter: 4.0 cm) and ATA (mean diameter: 3.9 cm). The most common indication for the CT examination that led to incidental diagnosis of an aneurysm was respiratory symptoms.
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Manifestações retinianas em pacientes portadores de anemia de células falciformes
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-10) ALMEIDA SOBRINHO, Edmundo Frota de; SARAIVA FILHO, João Carlos de Pina; SILVA, James Nunes da; SILVA, Ana Paula Siqueira da; LIMA, Rafaela Cavalcante de
The World Health Organization counts that more than 5% of the world's population carry some type of hemoglobinopathy. Among them we find the sickle cell aneamia that presents its main harmful effect on the peripheral vasculature. In the retina, the falciform lesions have a well defined physiopathology and classification. To identify the retinal manifestations caused by the falciform aneamia in patients directed to the Bettina Ferro de Souza Hospital from the Hemocenter of the State of Pará – HEMOPA, in the months of September through December of 2006. METHODS: Ophthalmologic examination was performed in the Department of Ophthalmology of the Bettina Ferro de Souza Hospital. and fifty patients with sickle cell aneamia (SS or SC) followed by the department of falciform aneamia of the Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Pará - HEMOPA have been randomly selected and submitted to interview in order to register their: sex; age; color; genotype; ocular alterations; medicines taken. Ophthalmologic examination was performed in the Department of Ophthalmology of the Bettina Ferro de Souza Hospital. It consisted of: evaluation of the acuity of vision with and without correction, indirect biomicroscopy, indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy, and, in case the latter presented alterations, a complementary study witangiofluoresceinography would be carried through. RESULTS: The outcomes have been registered in research protocol and later submitted to the statistic analysis using the Qui-square test, adopting, as level of significance, p<0,05. Eighty-eight percent of the patients did not present any falciform retinal sign, 3% presented peripheral vascular occlusion; in 2%, pigmented plate was shown, and 7% presented injuries which were not compatible with the falciform disease; there was a proportionality of 50% for males and females; there was a higher predominance (38%) of people aged from 11 and 15; 74% had SS genotype and 26% SC genotype; in relation to the use of medicines there was a higher prevalence of ocular alterations in patients who had made use of the folic acid isolated, with 5%, in contrast with those who had used the hidroxyurea association and folic acid, when all (27%) presented normal fundoscopic examination; all the patients (29%) that showed fetal hemoglobin rate above 10% had retina without alterations. CONCLUSION: Few cases of retinal signs have been observed in the studied group, however this research does not diminish the importance of early and periodic ophthalmologic examination, since falciform retinopathy is largely registered and its complications can lead to amaurosis.
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Retinopatia em pacientes hipertensos e/ou diabéticos em uma unidade de saúde da família
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-04) ALVES, Aline Pinto; SANTOS, Reny Wane Vieira dos; ALMEIDA SOBRINHO, Edmundo Frota de; ROCHA, Sheila Patrícia Lopes; LOCH, Ana Cláudia Nóbrega
Purpose: To identify the prevalence of abnormal ophthalmoscopy in patients with systemic hypertension (SH) and / or diabetes mellitus (DM) in a Family Health Unit (FHU). Method: was performed a individual study, observational, primarily descriptive and crosssectional of a sample of a cohort of 50 patients with hypertension and / or diabetic enrolled in the program HIPERDIA in a FHU of the city of Ananindeua – Para, between the months of september and november 2009. Results: ophthalmoscopy was performed in 46 patients and 27 (58.7%) had some alteration. When performing a specific analysis (excluding the findings of arteriolar narrowing and venous engorgement) were changes in 18 (39.1%), 45.5% with DM and SH, 40% with DM and 36% with SH. Conclusion: The high prevalence of the changes in ophthalmoscopy found in this study demonstrates that effectiveness as a screening method in the context of primary health care, justifying that use. corroborates also the importance of primary care in the prevention of diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy, through periodic control of patients at high vascular risk as the population studied.
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Perfil dos cuidadores e as dificuldades enfrentadas no cuidado ao idoso, em Ananindeua, PA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-03) ARAUJO, Jeferson Santos; VIDAL, Glenda Marreira; BRITO, Felipe Nunes; GONÇALVES, Débora Cristina de Abreu; LEITE, Djeane Kathe Mascote; DUTRA, Claudia Daniele Tavares; PIRES, Carla Andréa Avelar
Objective: To describe the profile of caregivers of elderly, as well as their importance and main difficulties in caring for the elderly. Methodolog y: This was a descriptive, exploratory cross-sectional study conducted by the PET Saúde staff in a Family Health Strategy (FHS) in the city of Ananindeua, state of Pará, Brazil. Data was collected through a semistructured questionnaire addressing sociodemographic and issues concerning the importance and difficulties encountered by caregivers of the elderly. Results: We interviewed 31 caregivers, predominantly female, married state, with complete secondary education, income between two and three minimum wages, time of exercise of the function over 12 months, most of them informal caregivers and with family relationship with elderly. Caregivers acknowledged the importance of a caregiver and found the elderly under their care as healthy. Conclusion: Most caregivers were informal type, characterized by women with family ties, which emphasized patience and lack of knowledge as the main difficulties of the caregiver. Data from this study are limited to a local reality, requiring further research to foster the particularities and difficulties faced by caregivers.