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Rodrigues J, Sá A, Fontes R, Barbosa A, Barbosa-Martins J, Oliveira C, Peixoto M, Santos S, Rocha J, Almeida M, Carvalho C, Queiroz L, Fernandes R, Faustino I, Portela C, Coutinho C, Nabiço R. Anxiety and depression screening during neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in early breast cancer patients: a multicenter longitudinal observational study. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)01446-0] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Melo IMV, Higashi M, Queiroz LP, Alvarenga BBL, Mattos ER, Santos IPD, Barbosa LGR, Queiroz FFL. MACROGLOBULEMIA DE WALDENSTROM CONCOMITANTE A POLICITEMIA VERA: RELATO DE CASO. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2021.10.233] [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] Open
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Rosa T, Domingues J, Martins Jr C, Domingos J, Iwabe-Marchese C, Pacheco E, Queiroz L, França Jr M, Nucci A. CONGENITAL MYOPATHIES (CNM). Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.176] [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: 10/28/2022]
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Rosa T, Iwabe-Marchese C, Queiroz L, França M, Nucci A. Clinimetric studies in centronuclear myopathies. Neuromuscul Disord 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.117] [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: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study was to estimate the 1-year prevalence of headache, migraine, tension-type headache (TTH) and chronic daily headache (CDH), and the degree of association of migraine with some sociodemographic characteristics of the population of Florianopolis, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional, door-to-door, population-based study. In 300 randomly selected households, 625 subjects, aged 15–64 years, responded to a structured questionnaire. The 1-year prevalence of headache was 80.8%, of migraine 22.1%, of TTH 22.9%, and of CDH 6.4%. Migraine and CDH were significantly more prevalent in females than in males. Migraine was significantly associated with the following variables: low household income, low electricity consumption, and divorced or widowed marital status. We have shown high prevalences of migraine and CDH in Florianopolis, close to the higher rates of previous studies. There was a preponderance of migraine in females, divorced or widowed, with a low socioeconomic level.
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- L P Queiroz
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
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Cárcano FM, Lengert AH, Vidal DO, Scapulatempo Neto C, Queiroz L, Marques H, Baltazar F, Berardinelli GN, Martinelli CMS, da Silva ECA, Reis RM, Lopes LF. Absence of microsatellite instability and BRAF (V600E) mutation in testicular germ cell tumors. Andrology 2016; 4:866-72. [PMID: 27153176 DOI: 10.1111/andr.12200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) are the most common malignant neoplasm in young men. DNA mismatch repair deficiency can lead to microsatellite instability (MSI), an important mechanism of genetic instability. A mutation of the BRAF gene has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several solid tumors and has recently become an important therapeutic target. The role of MSI and BRAF gene mutation in TGCT, particularly in refractory disease, is poorly understood and reported findings are controversial. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency and clinical impact of MSI status and BRAF mutations in TGCT. DNA was isolated from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue from 150 TGCT cases. The MSI phenotype was evaluated using multiplex PCR for five quasimonomorphic mononucleotide repeat markers. Exon 15 of the BRAF oncogene (V600E) was analyzed by PCR, followed by direct sequencing. Sixteen percent of cases were considered to have refractory disease. In a small subset of cases (17 for MSI and 18 for BRAF), the quantity and quality of DNA recovery were poor and therefore, were unable to be analyzed. The remaining 133 TGCT cases showed a complete absence of MSI. Of the 132 cases successfully evaluated for BRAF mutations, all were V600E wild-type. In conclusion, despite a distinct response of testicular germ cell tumors to therapy, microsatellite instability, and the BRAF V600E mutation were absent in all testicular germ cell tumors tested in this study.
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- F M Cárcano
- Department of Medical Oncology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Barretos School of Health Sciences, Dr. Paulo Prata - FACISB, Barretos, Brazil
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Barretos Children's Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Barretos Children's Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil.,Barretos Children's Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
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Moreira C, Marinho A, Gil L, Bairrão M, Queiroz L. Psychiatric disorders among asthmatic patients: Literature review. Eur Psychiatry 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1350] [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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IntroductionAsthma is a major public health problem and its prevalence has increased in both developed and developing countries during the last few years. Once it is a chronic illness, it has also revealed psychological consequences. Moreover, recent studies have suggested an association between asthma (especially of severe grade) and mental disorders.ObjectivesThe authors pretend to make a brief review concerning psychiatric disorders among asthmatic patients.AimsTo understand and to be able to deal with the psychiatric disorders among chronic asthmatic patients.MethodsThe review was based on scientific documentation published in PubMed database, using the following terms as keywords: “asthma”, “depression”, “anxiety” and “panic disorder”.ResultsCompared to the general population, both anxiety and mood disorders rates are at least two times those observed in asthmatic patients. Moreover, certain psychiatric disorders rates, including panic disorder (PD) and major depressive disorder, are as much as six times more prevalent among asthmatics when compared to the general population. The association between psychiatric disorders and poor asthma control and asthma-related quality of life could occur through several pathways, such as behavioural pathways; cognitive or perceptual pathways; or through the direct physiological effects of depression and anxiety on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and immune systems which increase asthma symptomatology.Discussions/ConclusionsThere is a close correlation between anxiety, PD and depression, and a poor controlled asthma. A better understanding of this association may have major clinical implications, mainly in patients with poor controlled asthma in whom the presence of anxiety and depression should be investigated.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Stovner L, Al Jumah M, Birbeck G, Gururaj G, Jensen R, Katsarava Z, Queiroz L, Scher A, Tekle-Haimanot R, Wang S, Steiner T. EHMTI-0205. Methodology guidelines for population surveys of headache prevalence, burden and cost. J Headache Pain 2014. [PMCID: PMC4180631 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-s1-b36] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Jary M, Vernerey D, Dobi E, Monnien F, Godet Y, Kim S, Bouché O, Fratte S, Ghiringhelli F, Goncalvez A, Lecomte T, Leger J, Queiroz L, Adotevi O, Bonnetain F, Borg C. Prognostic Value of Angiopoietin-2 for Overall Survival in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma Treated By Chemotherapy and Bevacizumab. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu326.45] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nunes JC, Costa Bergamaschi EN, Freitas FC, Diaz AP, Queiroz LP, Debona R, Prediger RDS, Linhares MN, Lin K, Walz R. Prevalence of headache in patients with Parkinson's disease and its association with the side of motor symptom onset. Neurol Sci 2013; 35:595-600. [PMID: 24197331 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-013-1571-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We compared the lifetime prevalence and the prevalence of headache during the previous year in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and control subjects. We also investigated the association between the side of PD symptom onset and the side of the headache. We interviewed 98 consecutive patients with an established diagnosis of PD between December 2010 and January 2012. The control group consisted of the 98 oldest sex-matched individuals from the nationwide Brazilian headache database. PD patients showed a significantly lower prevalence (40.8%) of headache in the previous year than controls (69.4%) (adjusted OR 0.5, CI 95% 0.2-0.9, p = 0.03). PD patients also showed a lower prevalence of headache throughout life (74.5%) than controls (93.9%) (adjusted OR 0.2, CI 95% 0.1-0.6, p = 0.01). Considering only patients who presented headache during the previous year, PD patients showed a higher association with occurrence of migraine than tension-type headache compared with controls (adjusted OR 3.3, CI 95% 1.2-8.9, p = 0.02). The headache side was ipsilateral to the side of PD onset in 21 patients (84%), with a concordance of 85.7% on the left side and 81.8% on the right side (p < 0.01). The prevalence of primary headache was significantly lower in patients with PD than controls. The predominant side of headache was ipsilateral to the side of initial motor signs of PD.
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- Jean Costa Nunes
- Centro de Epilepsia de Santa Catarina (CEPESC), Hospital Governador Celso Ramos (HGCR), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil,
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Almeida M, Queiroz L, Domingues N, Espírito-Santo A, Oliveira I, Oliveira Â, Moreira I, Viterbo L, Mariz J. Aplastic Anemia: A Single Institution Experience. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)33652-8] [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] Open
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Avansini S, Torres F, Rogerio F, Dogini D, Coan A, Secolin R, Rocha C, Costa A, Costa A, Piaza A, Reis L, Oliveira E, Tedeschi H, Queiroz L, Cendes F, Lopes-Cendes I. Investigating the Role of microRNAs Regulation in the Development of Focal Cortical Dysplasia (P05.081). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p05.081] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to estimate the 1-year prevalence of migraine and the degree of the association of migraine with some sociodemographic characteristics of a representative sample of the adult population of Brazil. This was a cross-sectional, population-based study. Telephone interviews were conducted on 3848 people, aged 18-79 years, randomly selected from the 27 States of Brazil. The estimated 1-year gender- and age-adjusted prevalence of migraine was 15.2%. Migraine was 2.2 times more prevalent in women, 1.5 times more in subjects with > 11 years of education, 1.59 times more in subjects with income of < 5 Brazilian Minimum Wages per month, and 1.43 times more in those who do not do any physical exercise. The overall prevalence of migraine in Brazil is 15.2%. Migraine is significantly more prevalent in women, subjects with higher education, with lower income, and those who do not exercise regularly, independently of their body mass index.
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- L P Queiroz
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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Queiroz LP, Peres MFP, Kowacs F, Piovesan EJ, Ciciarelli MC, Souza JA, Zukerman E. Chronic Daily Headache in Brazil: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Cephalalgia 2008; 28:1264-9. [PMID: 18727642 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to estimate the 1-year prevalence of chronic daily headache (CDH) and the degree of the association of CDH with some sociodemographic characteristics of the adult population of Brazil. This was a cross-sectional, population-based study. We conducted telephone interviews with 3848 people, aged 18-79 years, randomly selected from the 27 States of Brazil. The degree of the association was calculated through prevalence ratios, adjusted with Poisson regression by gender, age and some sociodemographic factors. The estimated 1-year gender- and age-adjusted prevalence of CDH was 6.9±. CDH was 2.4 times more prevalent in women, 1.72 times more in unemployed, 1.63 times more in subjects with high household income and two times greater in those who did not exercise. The overall prevalence of CDH in Brazil is high. CDH is significantly more prevalent in women, the unemployed, subjects with higher income, and in those who do not exercise.
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- LP Queiroz
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo
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- Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas, Porto Alegre
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto
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- Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo
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Izar M, Helfenstein T, Fonseca M, Colovati M, Relvas W, Ihara S, Santos A, Queiroz L, Fonseca F. T01-P-012 The D9N polymorphism of lipoprotein lipase gene is a marker for myocardial infarction in diabetics. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(05)80529-x] [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: 11/16/2022]
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We determined the antioxidant status of the aqueous humor after extracapsular lens extraction in 14 mongrel dogs weighing about 10 kg. The animals were examined by slit lamp biomicroscopy, applanation tonometry and indirect ophthalmoscopy. One eye was submitted to conventional extracapsular lens extraction and the other was used as control. Samples of aqueous humor were obtained by anterior chamber paracentesis before and at days 1, 2, 3, 7 and 15 after surgery. Total antioxidant status was determined as the capacity of aqueous humor to inhibit free radical generation by 2,2-azobis(2-amidopropane) chlorine. Ascorbic acid concentration was measured by HPLC with UV detection. Protein content was determined with the biuret reagent. Statistical analysis was performed by ANOVA followed by the Tukey-Kramer test. Protein concentration increased from 0.61 to 22 mg/ml 24 h after surgery. These levels were maintained and returned to normal at day 7. Total antioxidant capacity was reduced from 50 to about 30 min until day 3 and at day 7 it was equal to control. Ascorbic acid levels were reduced from 252 to about 110 microM and then returned to control values at day 15. Considering the importance of ascorbic acid concentration in aqueous humor for the maintenance of the antioxidant status of the anterior segment of the eye, the decrease of antioxidant defenses suggests that the surgical procedures promote an oxidative stress condition in the eye.
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- P S M Barros
- Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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This article discusses the headache disorders associated with physical and sexual activity, highlighting their differences and similarities. The place of exertional and sexual headaches in the classification of the International Headache Society and in the proposed classification of Indomethacin-Responsive Headache Disorders is addressed here. The Valsalva's maneuver as a shared pathophysiologic mechanism is mentioned as well. Exertional headaches are divided into two subtypes, according to the pattern of physical exercises. Sexual headaches are divided into three subtypes, based on the onset time, related to orgasm. The clinical characteristics of each type are presented, and their etiologies pointed out. The diagnostic approach is discussed, as well as the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options.
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- L P Queiroz
- Clinica do Cerebro, Rua Presidente Coutinho, 464, 88015-231 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. . br
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Visual auras (VAs) of 100 patients with migraine with aura were studied by questionnaire. Visual auras accompanied the patients' first headache (HA) in 39% of patients. Only 19% had VAs with every attack. Patients with VAs over the entire HA history had a high frequency (greater than 50%) of attacks with VA; patients with VA during only part of the HA history had a low frequency (less than 50%) of attacks with VA. The auras occurred exclusively prior to the HA in 57%. The free interval between the end of the VA and the start of the HA was usually (75%) shorter than 30 minutes. Most (59%) patients had VAs that lasted from 1 to 30 minutes. They started in the periphery of the visual fields in 56%. The most common phenomena described were: small bright dots (42%), flashes of light (39%), "blind spots" (32%), and "foggy vision" (27%). Fortification spectra was reported by only 20%. Although most (65%) patients had a combination of phenomena, the majority (72%) had only one uniform constellation of manifestations. There was no clear-cut relationship between side of VA and side of HA. Migraine VA is a pleomorphic and complex symptom. Many patients not qualifying for the diagnostic criteria of migraine with aura, as proposed by the International Headache Society (IHS), unequivocally present with visual phenomena that strongly suggest this diagnosis.
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- L P Queiroz
- University Hospital, UFSC, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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Side effects associated with administration of repetitive intravenous dihydroergotamine (DHE) were prospectively studied in 72 patients with chronic daily headache who were hospitalized in a dedicated inpatient headache treatment program. All patients received 11 consecutive doses of DHE, starting with 0.25 mg and increasing by 0.25 mg up to a maximum dose of 1.25 mg, depending on side effects and/or headache relief. The adverse events were recorded after each dose administered. The great majority of patients (91.6%) reported at least one side effect. The most common were: nausea (72.2%), increase in previous headache (47.2%), lightheadedness (33.3%), "new" headache (27.8%), and leg cramps (23.6%). The overall number of side effect complaints did not increase proportionally with the strength of the dose of DHE administered. These complaints declined from the earlier to the later doses of DHE, except for leg cramps, which were more common with the later doses. Side effects determined the strength of subsequent doses of DHE in only 18.1% of patients. Only four patients had to have a decrease in dosage and none required termination of DHE due to side effects. Although repetitive intravenous DHE causes frequent side effects, they are usually mild and transient and decrease with subsequent doses, even at higher doses.
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- L P Queiroz
- University Hospital, UFSC, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil
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Maciel Jr. JA, Queiroz L. Neuropatia pela amiodarona: estudo clínico-patológico de dois casos. Arq Neuro-Psiquiatr 1989. [DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1989000400016] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dois pacientes, uma mulher de 40 anos e um homem de 75 anos, apresentavam polineurite sensítivo-motora, cujo único antecedente era o uso de amiodarona há 4 e 6 anos respectivamente. O ENMG revelou quadro neuropático tipo axonal. A biópsia do nervo sural mostrou rarefação axonal, mielínica e amielínica, bem como inclusões lamelares osmiofílicas nas células de Schwann e no endotélio venular. Com a retirada da amiodarona houve regressão da polineurite. À semelhança do que foi descrito na neuropatia pelo maleato de perhexiline e pela cloroquina, a amiodarona constitui importante fator de indução de neuro-lipidose medicamentosa.
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Maciel Júnior JA, Queiroz L. [Neuropathy caused by amiodarone: clinico-pathologic study of 2 cases]. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 1989; 47:474-8. [PMID: 2634390] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Two patients, a 40-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man, were investigated due to a chronic polyneuritis. Amiodarone was used by them to treat refractory cardiac arrhythmia since 4 and 6 years before, respectively. The EMG study showed an axonal neuropathy. The light and electron-microscopical study of sural nerve displayed a loss of large myelinated fibers and a marked reduction of unmyelinated axons, associated with osmiophilic lamellated inclusions in Schwann cells and endothelial venulae. The interruption of amiodarone therapy improved neuropathy. Considered together with similar reports in perhexiline neuropathy and with chloroquine induced neuropathy this would stress the importance of these new drug-induced neurolipidosis.
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