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Monteiro SS, Santos TS, Fonseca L, Saraiva M, Pereira T, Vilaverde J, Pichel F, Pinto C, Almeida MC, Dores J. Maternofetal outcomes in early-onset gestational diabetes: does weight gain matter? J Endocrinol Invest 2022; 45:2257-2264. [PMID: 35821458 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-022-01855-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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AIM Women with early-onset gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have overall lower gestational weight gain (GWG) compared to those with later-onset GDM, albeit with usually worse maternofetal outcomes. We intent to investigate the association between inadequate GWG and maternofetal outcomes in pregnant women with early-onset GDM. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of women with early-onset GDM based on the National Registry of GDM. Three study groups were defined according to the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine for GWG: excessive GWG (eGWG), adequate (aGWG) or insufficient (iGWG). RESULTS A total of 8040 pregnant women were included: 27% (n = 2170) eGWG, 31% (n = 2492) aGWG and 42% (n = 3378) iGWG. Preeclampsia (4.3 vs 3 vs 1.6%, p < 0.001), polyhydramnios (3.1 vs 2.3 vs 1.8%, p = 0.008) and cesarean section (37.4 vs 34.1 vs 29.5%, p < 0.001) were significantly more frequent among women with eGWG. Additionally, there was a higher frequency of macrosomia (8.1 vs 3.6 vs 2.4%, p < 0.001), large-for-gestational-age (8.2 vs 3.7 vs 2.6%, p < 0.001) and birth trauma (2.6 vs 1.5 vs 1.1%, p < 0.001) in this group. On the other hand, fetal death (0.2 vs 0.2 vs 0.5%, p = 0.04), small-for-gestational-age (9 vs 10.3 vs 14.9, p < 0.001) and preterm delivery (5.6 vs 7.1 vs 7.5%, p = 0.03) were more frequent in iGWG group. CONCLUSIONS Over two-thirds of pregnant women with early-onset GDM had inappropriate GWG, which was significantly associated with adverse maternofetal outcomes. Weight management must be a focus of special attention in women with early-onset GDM, beyond glycemic control, to achieve healthy pregnancy outcomes.
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- S S Monteiro
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Nutrition, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Obstetrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- On Behalf of the Pregnancy and Diabetes Study Group of the Portuguese Diabetes Society, Maternidade Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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Paredes S, Fonseca L, Saraiva M, Ramos H, Palma I. Statin intolerance: What are we overlooking? Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mafra D, Borges NA, Alvarenga L, Ribeiro M, Fonseca L, Leal VO, Shiels PG, Stenvinkel P. Fermented food: Should patients with cardiometabolic diseases go back to an early neolithic diet? Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022; 63:10173-10196. [PMID: 35593230 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2077300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fermentation has been used since the Early Neolithic period to preserve foods. It has inherent organoleptic and nutritive properties that bestow health benefits, including reducing inflammation and oxidative stress, supporting the growth of salutogenic microbiota, enhancing intestinal mucosal protection and promoting beneficial immunometabolic health effects. The fermentation of food with specific microbiota increases the production salutogenic bioactive compounds that can activate Nrf2 mediated cytoprotective responses and mitigate the effects of the 'diseasome of aging' and its associated inflammageing, which presents as a prominent feature of obesity, type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. This review discusses the importance of fermented food in improving health span, with special reference to cardiometabolic diseases.
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- D Mafra
- Post Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, Physiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Nutrition, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Post Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, Physiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Post Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, Federal Fluminense University, Niterói-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Division of Nutrition, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Wolfson Wohl Translational Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow, UK
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- Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Technology and Intervention, Karolinska Instituted, Stockholm, Sweden
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Saraiva M, Fonseca L, Santos T, Vilaverde J, Pereira MT, Pichel F, Pinto C, Almeida MC, Dores J. Mild periconceptional hyperglycemia: predictor of adverse fetomaternal outcomes in gestational diabetes? Acta Diabetol 2021; 58:1209-1215. [PMID: 33856590 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-021-01714-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIM To clarify whether mild first trimester hyperglycaemia (characteristic of early-onset GDM) is associated with higher incidence of congenital malformations and other adverse fetomaternal outcomes compared to women with second trimester hyperglycaemia (later-onset GDM). DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed the Portuguese National GDM database, containing data collected between 2011 and 2017. Two study groups were defined: Group 1-Women with GDM diagnosed during the first trimester (with fasting glycemia ≥ 92 and < 126 mg/dL); Group 2-Women with GDM diagnosed after the first 12 weeks of gestation, with either fasting glycemia or oral glucose tolerance test, according to the International Association of Pregnancy and Diabetes Study Group criteria. The fetomaternal characteristics of each group were compared. RESULTS A total of 18.518 pregnant women diagnosed with GDM were included which 34.4% of them belonged to Group 1. Pregnant women from this group were significantly younger and had a higher median BMI than the women from the other group. Overall, there was no significant differences in maternal morbidity parameters between groups. Non-evolutive pregnancies were significantly more frequent along the present gestation in the group 1 (1.1% vs. 0.1%, p < 0.001), as was fetal death (0.6% vs. 0.2%, p < 0.001). Congenital malformations did not differ significantly between groups (3.2% vs. 2.8%, p = 0.155). CONCLUSIONS The mild near conceptional hyperglycaemic state characteristic of an early-onset GDM seems to be associated with an increased prevalence of non-evolutive pregnancies and foetal deaths when compared to later-onset GDM.
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- M Saraiva
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Nutrition, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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- On Behalf of the Pregnancy and Diabetes Study Group of the Portuguese Diabetes Society, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001, Porto, Portugal
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Fonseca L, Rocha AD. Repensando Estratégias de Offshoring e Marketing Internacional Durante a Pandemia do COVID-19. Rev adm contemp 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-7849rac2021200216.por] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT This teaching case focuses on the national and international expansion of IGT Motors, a Brazilian company operating in the market for twenty years that has moved most of its production to China since 2010. Nearly after the company started searching for new markets abroad and adapted its internal and communication processes to comply with other countries’ preferences and regulations, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led top management to rethink its production and marketing strategies, specifically hit by involving China, country of origin of the virus. The case is about how small companies in the midst of a global expansion can deal with unexpected scenarios and emerging crisis, engaging students to reflect upon the initiatives that might be taken to overcome issues such as consumer animosity, but also to make the company less susceptible to similar situations in the future.
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- Luíza Fonseca
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Fonseca L, Rocha AD. Rethinking Offshoring and International Marketing Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rev adm contemp 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-7849rac2021200216.en] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT This teaching case focuses on the national and international expansion of IGT Motors, a Brazilian company operating in the market for twenty years that has moved most of its production to China since 2010. Nearly after the company started searching for new markets abroad and adapted its internal and communication processes to comply with other countries’ preferences and regulations, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led top management to rethink its production and marketing strategies, specifically hit by involving China, country of origin of the virus. The case is about how small companies in the midst of a global expansion can deal with unexpected scenarios and emerging crisis, engaging students to reflect upon the initiatives that might be taken to overcome issues such as consumer animosity, but also to make the company less susceptible to similar situations in the future.
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- Luíza Fonseca
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Haslett M, Santana C, Fonseca L, Coutinho L, Carrieri J, Fittipaldi J, Veloso I, Flores E, Costa J, Cabral C. Spotted fever outbreak with cases and deaths in the same family in a municipality in south eastern Brazil, 2019. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Ferreira N, Netto E, Fonseca L, Esteves S, Labareda M, Mota A, Pocinho R, Magalhães M, Santos F. PO-051 Surgery versus Radiotherapy in T1N0 glottic cancer: 10 year outcomes. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)30217-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pinello KC, Niza-Ribeiro J, Fonseca L, de Matos AJ. Incidence, characteristics and geographical distributions of canine and human non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the Porto region (North West Portugal). Vet J 2019; 245:70-76. [PMID: 30819429 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lymphoma is one of the most common neoplasms in dogs and it is one of the top five causes of cancer-related deaths, similar to human lymphoma. Companion animal epidemiological studies define dogs as sentinels of potential risk factors for human health, mainly due to shared environments, shorter disease latencies, and spontaneous disease. The aims of this study were to describe human and canine epidemiologic features of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and their similarities, and to investigate a possible geographical association in the incidence risks in the Greater Porto area, in north-western Portugal. The postal codes of human NHL patients diagnosed between 2005 and 2010 residing in the Greater Porto, Portugal, were obtained from North and Central Region Cancer Registries of Portugal. Available data from dogs diagnosed with lymphoma between 2005 and 2016 from several veterinary centres were also collected. Descriptive epidemiology, mapping cases, and age-standardised risks of NHL incidence (ASR) were determined for both species. The results showed a higher risk (P<0.05) of NHL in men (ASR men: 18.1 cases/100,000 inhabitants; women: 14.2 cases/100,000 inhabitants) and in male dogs (ASR males: 82 cases/100,000 dogs; females: 70 cases/100,000 dogs). The geographical distribution of human and canine ASR was well correlated (r=0.664, P<0.05), with the highest values for human and canine ASR detected in the same urban municipalities of the Greater Porto: Porto, Matosinhos and Maia. These findings suggest the existence of exposure similarities, supporting the relevance of cancer surveillance in pet animals as efficient tools to predict health hazards for humans.
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- K C Pinello
- Department of Veterinary Clinics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Population Studies, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal; EPIUnit, Institute of Public Health, ISPUP, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Mapis, Mapping Intelligent Solutions, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Clinics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Portugal; Animal Science and Study Centre, CECA, Food and Agrarian Sciences and Technologies Institute, University of Porto, Portugal
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Paredes S, Fonseca L, Alves M, Vilaverde J, Oliveira J, Palma I. Lipid goals in patients with metabolic syndrome – Is low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol enough? Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pereira A, Sposito A, Fonseca L, Saldanha A, Gazon V, Fo RS, Elias M, Martinez T. Body mass index and salt intake may lack clustering with other risk markers for hypertension in young and middle adults. Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fonseca L, Mota A, Netto E, Esteves S, Pocinho R, Labareda M, Santos F, Magalhães M. EP-1163: Partial Laryngectomy vs Definitive Radiotherapy: 10 year-Outcomes in T2N0 Glottic Cancer. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31473-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Real C, Sobreira Fernandes D, Sá Couto P, Correia de Barros F, Esteves S, Aragão I, Fonseca L, Aguiar J, Branco T, Fernandes Moreira Z. Survival Predictors in Liver Transplantation: Time-Varying Effect of Red Blood Cell Transfusion. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:3303-3306. [PMID: 27931573 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many attempts have been undertaken to better predict outcome after liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to identify the pre- and intraoperative variables that may influence the survival after liver transplantation, at a single institution. METHODS Anesthetic records from 543 consecutive patients who underwent liver transplantation from June 2006 to June 2014 were reviewed in this retrospective study. Patients undergoing retransplantation were excluded from the analysis, as were patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Preoperative variables studied were age, sex, Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score, primary diagnosis, cold ischemia time, preoperative international normalized ratio, serum albumin, and and hemoglobin levels. Intraoperative variables included were norepinephrine consumption, blood loss, red blood cell transfusion, and surgical time. Variables significant in the univariate analysis with a P value of <.2 were included in a multivariate Cox regression model. RESULTS Only red blood cell transfusion (hazard ratio [HR], 1.16; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.29) and female sex (HR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.10-2.65) were identified as significant independent predictors for survival after liver transplantation. Because of proportionality assumption violation, the multivariate Cox regression model was subsequently upgraded by adding a time-varying interaction between red blood cell transfusion and time since liver transplantation. As a result, we found that at 3 months after liver transplantation, the rate of dying increased 14% (95% CI, 2%-26%) for each unit transfused, and at 6 months it increased 12% (95% CI, 0.3%-24%). CONCLUSIONS Red blood cell transfusion ceased to influence survival from 1 year onward.
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- C Real
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Lagarto F, Gomes B, Couto PS, Correia de Barros F, Moreira Z, Branco T, Fonseca L, Aguiar J, Aragão I, Miranda HP, Daniel J, Esteves S. Perioperative Predictors of Survival After Liver Transplantation for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy in a Portuguese Center. Transplant Proc 2017; 48:2098-101. [PMID: 27569952 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Liver transplantation (LT) has been the treatment of choice to halt the progression of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP). Few studies have identified prognostic factors for post-LT survival in FAP. Our aim was to assess survival rate and to identify independent factors for survival after LT. METHODS This retrospective cohort study of FAP patients transplanted for the first time analyzed 116 transplantations from 2006 to 2014. The median follow-up period was 45.5 months. RESULTS The overall survival rates at 1 month, 1 year, and 5 years were 89%, 82% and 79%, respectively. On multivariate analysis, only number of red blood cell (RBC) units transfused during surgery, operation time, and body mass index were independent prognostic factors for patient survival. Only 30% of patients were transfused during surgery, and, in these, each RBC unit transfused increased mortality by 53%. The operation time increased mortality by 20% for every 15 minutes of surgery. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that operation time and RBC transfused are predominant factors affecting post-LT survival in our FAP patients.
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- F Lagarto
- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Liver Transplantation, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Liver Transplantation, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Liver Transplantation, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Pereira A, Monteiro E, Castilho P, Fonseca L, Roque C, Marques M, Xavier S, Macedo A. Disordered Eating Behaviors, Perfectionism And Perseverative Negative Thinking–study In a Clinical Sample. Eur Psychiatry 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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IntroductionIn a recent study developed with a community sample, we have found that although PNT mediated the relationship between perfectionist cognitions and bulimic behavior, the effect of perfectionism on other disordered eating dimensions, such as diet, was independent of the PNT levels (Monteiro et al., 2015).ObjectiveTo investigate if PNT mediates the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating behaviors in a clinical sample.MethodsFifty-two patients with eating disorders/ED (mean age = 22.54 ± 7.637; mean BMI = 20.07 ± 4.192; 14.5% Anorexia Nervosa cases; 7.8% Bulimia Nervosa and 9.0% EDNOS) were assessed with the ED section of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies and fill in the Portuguese validated versions of Eating Attitudes Test/EAT-25 (to evaluate Bulimic behaviors/BB, Diet and Social pressure to eat), Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales (to evaluate perfectionism composite dimensions Evaluative Concerns/EC and Perfectionistic Strivings/PS) and Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire/PTQ-15 (to evaluate Repetitive Thought/RT, Cognitive interference and unproductiveness/CIU). Only variables significantly correlated with the outcomes (EAT-25_Total and its dimensions) were entered in the regression models. Mediation analyses using Preacher and Hayes bootstrapping methodology were performed.ResultsEC, PS, CIU and RT were significant predictors of EAT_Total. PA, CIU and PR were significant predictors of BB. EC and PS were significant predictors of Diet. CIU partially mediated the relationship between EC and EAT_Total (95% CI = 0.0025–0.3296) and between EC and BB (95% CI = 0.0037–0.1877).ConclusionAlso in a clinical sample, CII, the most pernicious dimension of PNT, mediates the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating behavior, particularly bulimic behavior; diet is predicted by perfectionism independently of PNT.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Gadea G, Morata A, Santos JD, Dávila D, Calaza C, Salleras M, Fonseca L, Tarancón A. Towards a full integration of vertically aligned silicon nanowires in MEMS using silane as a precursor. Nanotechnology 2015; 26:195302. [PMID: 25902702 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/19/195302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Silicon nanowires present outstanding properties for electronics, energy, and environmental monitoring applications. However, their integration into microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is a major issue so far due to low compatibility with mainstream technology, which complicates patterning and controlled morphology. This work addresses the growth of 〈111〉 aligned silicon nanowire arrays fully integrated into standard MEMS processing by means of the chemical vapor deposition-vapor liquid solid method (CVD-VLS) using silane as a precursor. A reinterpretation of the galvanic displacement method is presented for selectively depositing gold nanoparticles of controlled size and shape. Moreover, a comprehensive analysis of the effects of synthesis temperature and pressure on the growth rate and alignment of nanowires is presented for the most common silicon precursor, i.e., silane. Compared with previously reported protocols, the redefined galvanic displacement together with a silane-based CVD-VLS growth methodology provides a more standard and low-temperature (<650 °C) synthesis scheme and a compatible route to reliably grow Si nanowires in MEMS for advanced applications.
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- G Gadea
- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Jardins de les Dones de Negre 1, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Spain
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Couëdelo L, Amara S, Lecomte M, Meugnier E, Monteil J, Fonseca L, Pineau G, Cansell M, Carrière F, Michalski MC, Vaysse C. Impact of various emulsifiers on ALA bioavailability and chylomicron synthesis through changes in gastrointestinal lipolysis. Food Funct 2015; 6:1726-35. [PMID: 25923344 DOI: 10.1039/c5fo00070j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Formulating healthy food rich in omega 3 fatty acids requires prior knowledge of the parameters influencing their bioavailability and their metabolic fate. In this context, we studied the effects of various emulsifiers widely used in the food industry, on the gastrointestinal lipolysis of flaxseed oil emulsions in an in vitro model and on the intestinal absorption and lymphatic secretion of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) in rats. In vitro data showed that the emulsification of flaxseed oil with soya lecithin improved the gastric lipolysis of the oil (+30%), while the presence of Tween 80 or of sodium caseinate decreased it (-80% and -40%, respectively). The in vivo data demonstrated that the intestinal absorption and the lymphatic secretion of ALA were improved with soya lecithin (Cmax = 24 mg mL(-1)) and reduced in the presence of sodium caseinate (Cmax = 7 mg mL(-1)) compared to unemulsified flaxseed oil (Cmax = 16 mg mL(-1)); Tween 80 had no effect. In addition, the synthesized chylomicrons were notably larger and more numerous with soya lecithin whereas they were smaller in the presence of sodium caseinate (p < 0.05). This study shows that the intestinal bioavailability of ALA was increased by the emulsification of flaxseed oil with soya lecithin via an improved lipolysis, favouring the intestinal absorption of ALA and the secretion of many large chylomicrons in lymph.
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- L Couëdelo
- ITERG-ENMS, Université de Bordeaux, rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
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Pereira A, Monteiro E, Pereira A, Castilho P, Fonseca L, Roque C, Macedo A. Disordered Eating Behaviors, Perfectionism Cognitions and Perseverative Negative Thinking. Eur Psychiatry 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(15)32027-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Carvalho PCF, Bremm C, Mezzalira JC, Fonseca L, da Trindade JK, Bonnet OJF, Tischler M, Genro TCM, Nabinger C, Laca EA. Can animal performance be predicted from short-term grazing processes? Anim Prod Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1071/an14546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Despite all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting foraging by ruminants, there is a common and fundamental process, which is bite gathering. We hypothesised that because the mechanics of bite formation dominate the foraging process, changes in short-term bite mass are reflected in longer-term animal performance across a wide range of sward conditions. We focus at the meal level of foraging, using experiments in which the effect of abiotic factors and digestive constrains are minimised, making intake rate the main currency. We estimated bite mass across a wide range of structural challenges to large-herbivore foraging in a long-term experiment with heterogeneous native grasslands. A conceptual model was developed for average daily gain, where energy gain and energy costs were proximate causal variables. Energy gain was a function of diet quality and components of daily intake rate, where bite mass was the main component estimated. In turn, components of intake rate were determined by sward structure and bodyweight. Energy costs were a function of bodyweight and abiotic conditions. Finally, sward structure, bodyweight and abiotic conditions were determined by experimental treatments, seasons and years. Then, the conceptual model was translated into statistical models that included variables measured or estimated, and coefficients representing all links in the conceptual model. Weight gain was a function of bite mass, forage characteristics, and animal and abiotic conditions. Models were set up to test whether forage and stocking conditions affected monthly gain beyond the effects through bite mass, after correcting for abiotic factors. Forage mass, height and disappearance did help predict monthly gain after bite mass was included in the model, which supported our hypothesis. However, stocking treatments and season had significant effects not incorporated in bite mass. Although the model explained 77.9% of liveweight gain variation, only 35.2% was due to fixed effects, with 10.8% accounted by bite mass and its interactions. Concomitant experiments showed that sward structure (first with sward height and the second with tussock cover) does determine bite mass and short-term intake rate in the complex native grasslands we studied. Yet, other temporal varying components of monthly gain not correlated with bite mass, temperature or wind, added most of the observed variation in monthly animal performance. Part of the model failure to account for variation in performance may be related to a significant and temporally variable grazing of tussocks. We used a bite mass model that assumed no tussock grazing. In light of these results and a parallel experiment, we conclude that tussock grazing must be incorporated in future versions of the model.
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Calaza C, Salleras M, Dávila D, Tarancón A, Morata A, Santos J, Gadea G, Fonseca L. Bottom-up Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Thermoelectric Harvesting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2015.05.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Azevedo E, Poli C, David D, Amaral G, Fonseca L, Carvalho P, Fischer V, Morris S. Use of faecal components as markers to estimate intake and digestibility of grazing sheep. Livest Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fonseca L, Carvalho PCF, Mezzalira JC, Bremm C, Galli JR, Gregorini P. Effect of sward surface height and level of herbage depletion on bite features of cattle grazing Sorghum bicolor swards1. J Anim Sci 2013; 91:4357-65. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- L. Fonseca
- Grazing Ecology Research Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 91540-000, Brazil
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- Grazing Ecology Research Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 91540-000, Brazil
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- Grazing Ecology Research Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 91540-000, Brazil
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- Grazing Ecology Research Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul 91540-000, Brazil
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Departamento de Produccion Animal, Zavalla, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- DairyNZ Ltd. Corner of Ruakura and Morrinsville Roads, 3240, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Jochims F, Poli C, Carvalho P, David D, Campos N, Fonseca L, Amaral G. Grazing methods and herbage allowances effects on animal performances in natural grassland grazed during winter and spring with early pregnant ewes. Livest Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dolz G, Solórzano-Morales Á, Angelova L, Tien C, Fonseca L, Bonilla M. Chlamydia psittaci genotype B in a pigeon (Columba livia) inhabiting a public place in San José, Costa Rica. Open Vet J 2013; 3:135-9. [PMID: 26623327 PMCID: PMC4629625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Human chlamydiosis is a zoonotic disease of avian origin caused by Chlamydia psittaci. The highest infection rates have been detected in parrots (Psittacidae) and pigeons (Columbiformes), the latter most frequently carry the genotypes B and E. These genotypes have been shown to also infect humans. Because pigeons (Columba livia) cohabit with humans in urban areas, C. psittaci present in the dust from dry feces of infected pigeons may be transmitted by inhalation and represent a significant public health problem. Between 2012 and 2013 a total of 120 fecal samples were collected from pigeons at four public places (Plaza de la Cultura, Parque Morazán, Parque Central de Guadalupe, Plaza de las Garantías Sociales) in San José, Costa Rica. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify a region of the outer membrane protein A gene of C. psittaci. Only one sample was positive in PCR and the positive sample was further subjected to sequencing and genotyping. Sequencing identified this sample as C. psittaci genotype B. This study is the first report to show the presence of this organism in pigeons of Costa Rica, and shows that the infected pigeons may represent a significant risk for humans who visit public places that are inhabited by pigeons.
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- Laboratorio de Entomología y Medicina Poblacional, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica,Corresponding Author: Gaby Dolz. Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica. Tel.: (506) 2562 4508; Fax: (506) 2237 5229.
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- Laboratorio de Entomología y Medicina Poblacional, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio de Entomología y Medicina Poblacional, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio de Entomología y Medicina Poblacional, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Laboratorio de Entomología y Medicina Poblacional, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, P.O. Box 86-3000, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Fonseca L, Mezzalira J, Bremm C, Filho R, Gonda H, Carvalho PCF. Management targets for maximising the short-term herbage intake rate of cattle grazing in Sorghum bicolor. Livest Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tedrus G, Fonseca L. P2.5 Somatosensory evoked spikes on the EEG: evolutive clinical and electroencephalographic aspects in 313 children. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60204-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fonseca L, Tedrus G, Fondello M, Reis I, Fontoura D. P8.6 Electroencephalographic theta and alpha reactivity on opening the eyes in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60337-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Fonseca L, Tedrus G, Silva T, Bianchini M. P2.3 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: school performance test and electroencephalographic alpha reactivity. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60202-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Fonseca L, Machado Á. Suicide in frontotemporal dementia. Eur Psychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(11)72194-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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IntroductionBehavioral and personality changes are the core symptoms of frontotemporal dementia. Suicide and suicide attempts have been reported in demented patients.Clinical caseWe present a case of an 80 years-old-male patient, with a suicide attempt at the age of 76 as the presentation symptom of FTD.Clincal studyThere are few studies of suicide or selfharm in frontotemporal dementia where such behavior might be expected to be more common. We are conducting a clinical study in FTD patients about the relation between FTD and suicide. The results of such study will be presented and discussed.DiscussionTo our knowledge, there are no reliable data or reports about suicide in FTD patients. Also, we didn’t find any case report of a suicide attempt as the first presentation symptom of FTD. We discuss the known data about this issue considering our clinical study and report.
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Lage CS, Pinto da Silva LCP, Fonseca L, Cruz RA. Diagnostic and clinical procedures of a patient with oral-facial-digital type II syndrome: a case report. J Clin Exp Dent 2011. [DOI: 10.4317/jced.3.e261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Fonseca L, Duarte J, Simões S. P01-352 - Schizophrenia-like alcoholic dementia or dementia praecox? Case report. Eur Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)70560-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Brito RC, Mello FCQ, Andrade MK, Oliveira H, Costa W, Matos HJ, Lourenço MC, Rolla VC, Fonseca L, Ruffino Netto A, Kritski AL. Drug-resistant tuberculosis in six hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010; 14:24-33. [PMID: 20003691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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SETTING Tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in six hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. OBJECTIVE To estimate resistance to at least one drug (DR) and multidrug resistance (MDR) and identify associated factors. DESIGN One-year cross-sectional survey. Hospitals were included as a convenience sample. RESULTS Of 595 patients investigated, 156 (26.2%) had previously undergone anti-tuberculosis treatment, 433 (72.8%) were not previously treated and information on the remaining 6 was not available. Overall, DR and MDR rates were high, at respectively 102 (17.1%, 95%CI 14.3-20.5) and 44 (7.4%, 95%CI 5.5-9.9) cases. Among individuals not previously treated, 17 had MDR (3.9%, 95%CI 2.4-6.3) and diagnosis in a TB reference hospital was independently associated with MDR (prevalence ratio [PR] 3.3, 95%CI 1.2-8.7) after multivariate analysis. Among previously treated individuals, 27 had MDR (17.3%, 95%CI 11.7-24.2). MDR-TB was independently associated with diagnosis in a TB reference hospital (PR 3.6, 95%CI 1.5-8.7), male sex (PR 2.3, 95%CI 1.2-4.4) and dyspnoea (PR 0.3, 95%CI 0.1-0.7). CONCLUSION We found high levels of DR- and MDR-TB. Our study design did not permit us to determine the contribution of community versus nosocomial transmission. Further studies are needed to establish this. Nevertheless, hospitals should be recognised as a potential source of transmission of resistant TB strains and urgent measures to avoid nosocomial TB transmission should be taken.
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- R C Brito
- Programa de Controle da Tuberculose, Secretaria de Estado de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro, Rua México 128, Sala 411, Centro, Rio de Janeiro 20031 142, RJ, Brazil.
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Bermardino S, Fernández P, Fonseca L. Penicillin G acylase stabilization by immobilization in sol–gel micro-particles: increase in hydrolase and synthetase activity using Tris buffer. N Biotechnol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fonseca L. Spiritual Beliefs and Therapeuticall Adhesion. Eur Psychiatry 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(09)71371-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Introduction:Personal and familiar spiritual and religious beliefs are important factors to be considered when prescribing an antipsychotic drug to a schizophrenic patient.Description:A case report of a 29 years old male patient with a schizoaffective disorder is presented. in this case the border between what was delusion and what was the result of the patient personal and familiar spiritual beliefs was impossible to made. Only after the medication precribed has produced its effect this distinction has become clearer.Method:A literature revision about this issue was made.Discussion/conclusion:Spiritual beliefs are important factors that influence therapeuticall adhesion. A clear distinction between them and delusion symptomatology is very difficult to made, mainly in an acute psychotic state. after medication, the delusion symptomatology disappears and personal spiritual beliefs persist.
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Aguiar F, Vieira MA, Staviack A, Buarque C, Marsico A, Fonseca L, Chaisson R, Kristski A, Werneck G, Mello F. Prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in an HIV/AIDS reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009; 13:54-61. [PMID: 19105879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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SETTING A reference hospital for tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with a TB control programme in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs and to identify associated factors. DESIGN In a cross-sectional study, clinical and laboratory data were collected retrospectively from 2001 to 2005. Patients with isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and available drug susceptibility tests were considered eligible. Data on demographic characteristics, risk factors for resistance, HIV serology and past TB history were collected and analysed by chi(2) Mann-Whitney test and Poisson regression. RESULTS We analysed 350 treatments, of which 62 were for patients with previous TB. HIV status was positive in 31.2% of cases. Resistance was found in 15.7% and multidrug resistance (MDR) in 4.3% of cases. Previous treatment (P < 0.001) and relapse within 2 years were associated with resistance (P < 0.03). Pulmonary cavities were associated with MDR (P < 0.001). Homelessness was associated with any resistance in newly diagnosed patients (P < 0.01). Working in a hospital was not associated with resistance. CONCLUSION Suspicion of drug-resistant disease is necessary in patients with a history of previous TB in hospitals in Rio de Janeiro. The implementation of an effective hospital TB control programme can prevent transmission even in high TB prevalence settings.
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- Instituto de Doenças do Tórax (IDT)/Clementino Fraga Filho Hospital (CFFH), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Graça A, Dagge A, Fonseca L, Branco T. 143. Peribulbar Blockade in a Premature With Retinopathy. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1136/rapm-00115550-200809001-00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Vale G, Rial-Otero R, Mota A, Fonseca L, Capelo J. Ultrasonic-assisted enzymatic digestion (USAED) for total elemental determination and elemental speciation: A tutorial. Talanta 2008; 75:872-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2007.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2007] [Revised: 12/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Santos G, Fonseca L. T09-P-14 Persistent genital arousal in women: about two case reports. Sexologies 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1158-1360(08)72895-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Raimúndez R, Chaló D, Fonseca L, Figueiredo D. [Takotsubo cardiomyopathy]. Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 2008; 55:250-251. [PMID: 18543510 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-9356(08)70558-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Tedrus G, Fonseca L, Tonelotto J, Chiodi M. P36.37 Quantitative electroencephalography in children with learning disabilities: Analysis of band power. Clin Neurophysiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Fonseca L, Tedrus G, Ximenes V. FC43.4 Transient cognitive impairment (TCI) in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. Clin Neurophysiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fonseca L, Pérez-Murano F, Calaza C, Rubio R, Santander J, Figueras E, Gràcia I, Cané C, Moreno M, Marco S. Thermal AFM: a thermopile case study. Ultramicroscopy 2004; 101:153-9. [PMID: 15450661 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2004.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2002] [Revised: 05/04/2004] [Accepted: 05/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this work, an atomic force microscope (AFM) with an integrated thermal sensor has been used to obtain the local spatial distribution of temperatures in a micromachined thermopile with submicron resolution. In this communication, we will show how the dimensional, structural and functional characteristics of a thermopile suits well with the requirements for AFM thermal imaging, and how a deeper insight of the thermopile operation can be gained with the aid of these advanced scanning probe-based tools.
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- Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (IMB-CSIC) Campus Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
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da Silva Rocha A, Werneck Barreto AM, Dias Campos CE, Villas-Bôas da Silva M, Fonseca L, Saad MH, Degrave WM, Suffys PN. Novel allelic variants of Mycobacteria isolated in Brazil as determined by PCR-restriction enzyme analysis of hsp65. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40:4191-6. [PMID: 12409396 PMCID: PMC139659 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.40.11.4191-4196.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human isolates of Mycobacterium collected in 16 different states of Brazil were submitted to PCR-restriction analysis (PRA) of a 439-bp fragment of the hsp65 gene with HaeIII and BstEII. Fourteen allelic variants not described in clinical isolates so far were observed among 36 (10%) of 356 Brazilian strains, including a new pattern for Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, M. intracellulare, and M. flavescens, two new patterns for M. fortuitum, three new patterns each for M. gordonae and M. terrae, and one new pattern for M. avium complex-like strains. Two unidentified strains each also presented a new pattern, strongly suggesting that Mycobacterium genotypes are distributed biogeographically. The PRA procedure was also performed with 43 reference isolates belonging to 34 species, adding a further six new patterns to the identification algorithm. A database containing the normalized restriction patterns of both enzymes was constructed. Patterns available on the Internet can be introduced into this database, which will make possible the comparison of genotypes from isolates from different parts of the world.
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- A da Silva Rocha
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Departmentand, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pereira S, Oliveira e Silva A, Quintas M, Almeida J, Marujo C, Pizarro M, Angélico V, Fonseca L, Loureiro E, Barroso S, Machado A, Soares M, da Costa AB, de Freitas AF. Appropriateness of emergency department visits in a Portuguese university hospital. Ann Emerg Med 2001; 37:580-6. [PMID: 11385326 DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.114306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE There are no studies in Portugal supporting a common claim that most emergency department visits are inappropriate. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and to evaluate factors associated with an appropriate ED visit in a major public hospital. METHODS A cross-sectional prospective study was performed at a public university hospital ED. Data for demographic variables, duration of complaint, transfer from other medical sources, and previous medical care for the same complaints were collected by interviewing all patients who arrived at the ED within a consecutive period of at least 24 hours. Data for diagnostic tests, treatment performed, and final patient destination were collected by triage records review. An appropriate ED visit was defined by explicit criteria: interhospital transfer, patient death at the ED, hospitalization, and diagnostic tests or treatments performed. RESULTS The study included 5,818 adult patients. The prevalence of an appropriate ED visit, by use of our criteria, was 68.7%. Sex was an effect modifier. According to this study, determinants of an appropriate visit for men and women were age 60 years or older and complaints of 24 hours or less and in women but not in men, retired from work and with arrival between midnight and 8 AM. CONCLUSIONS In a university hospital in Oporto, the majority of ED visits were appropriate according to explicit criteria. Some variables may be associated with appropriateness of ED visits. A duration of the complaint 24 hours or less along with an arrival between midnight and 8 AM in women and age 60 years or older in men were the most important determinants.
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- S Pereira
- Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal
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This paper presents performance indicators for the Brazilian cancer, cardiovascular and malaria research areas from 1981 to 1995. The data show an increasing number of papers since 1981 and author numbers indicate a continuous growth of the scientific community and suggest an expected impact of scientific activity on biomedical education. The data also characterize cardiovascular research as a well-established area and cancer research as a faster growing consolidating field. The 1989-1994 share of Brazilian articles among world publications shows a growing trend for the cancer (1.61) and cardiovascular (1.59) areas, and a decrease for the malaria area (0. 89). The burden of the three diseases on society is contrasted by the small number of consolidated Brazilian research groups, and a questionable balance of thematic activity, especially with regard to malaria. Brazilian periodicals play an important role in increasing the international visibility of science produced in the country. Cancer and cardiovascular research is strongly concentrated in the Southeastern and in Southern regions of Brazil, especially in São Paulo (at least one address from São Paulo in 64.5% of the 962 cancer articles and in 66.9% of the 2250 cardiovascular articles, the second state being Rio de Janeiro with at least one address in 14.1 and 11% of those articles, respectively). Malaria research (468 articles) is more evenly distributed across the country, following the pattern of the endemic distribution of the disease. Surveying these national indicator trends can be useful to establish policies in the decision process about health sciences, medical education and public health.
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- P S Rodrigues
- Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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Fonseca L, Maliska CM, Cruz MG, Castro L, Gutfilen B. Esophageal reconstruction surgery in oncologic patients: determination of gastric emptying time. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2000; 19:137-40. [PMID: 10965807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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All parts of the gastrointestinal tract are accessible for study using nuclear medicine techniques. We have studied the effect of esophageal reconstruction surgery, in different periods of time, after surgical procedure. Oncologic patients (19) were evaluated after esophageal reconstruction surgery with gastric (group II - 14 patients) or colonic tube (group III - 5 patients) and they were compared with 15 healthy volunteers (group I). Gastric emptying was performed in the same subjects using solid food (egg sandwich) labeled with 99mTc-phytate. In emptying gastric studies, the mean (T1/2) of the patients was much faster than those of the control (p<0.05) when 1/3 distal tube was considered as stomach. However, there was no difference between the T1/2 of group II and group III. We concluded that this nuclear medicine method could be useful in the monitoring the surgical reconstruction of the esophagus.
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- L Fonseca
- Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, RJ, Brasil.
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