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Sleep disorders in children with moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis

Abstract Introduction Allergic rhinitis is associated with several complications, including sleep disorders. The Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire has been recently translated and validated in Portuguese for the evaluation of sleep disorders in children. Objective To assess sleep disorders in child...

Bioimpedância: nova abordagem para detecção não invasiva da fibrose hepática - estudo piloto

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Fibrosis are common structural hepatic change in patients with chronic hepatitis. Liver biopsy is the gold standard for determining the extent of liver fibrosis. Considering the technical difficulties and cost, improvements in non-invasive screening tools are greatly needed. Bioimpe...

Association of Severity of Coronary Lesions with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018
Abstract Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) and osteoporosis (OP) are common diseases in postmenopausal women. In both cross-sectional and longitudinal epidemiologic studies, low bone mass has been related to increased frequency of CAD. However, available data on the relationship between bone min...

Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Function in Young Patients with Asthma

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018
Abstract Background: Despite significant advances in understanding the pathophysiology and management of asthma, some of systemic effects of asthma are still not well defined. Objectives: To compare heart function, baseline physical activity level, and functional exercise capacity in young patients w...

Yellow Fever and Cardiovascular Disease: An Intersection of Epidemics

Arq. bras. cardiol; 110 (3), 2018

Score de Renzi para distúrbios evacuatórios - validação da versão portuguesa de acordo com a checklist COSMIN

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Recently, the Obstructed Defecation Syndrome score (ODS score) was developed and validated by Renzi to assess clinical staging and to allow evaluation and comparison of the efficacy of treatment of this disorder. OBJECTIVE: Our goal is to validate the Portuguese version of Renzi ...

Migraine improvement correlates with posterior cingulate cortical thickness reduction

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective The main goal of this study was to correlate migraine improvement, after prophylactic therapy, with cortical thickness changes. Methods Cortical thickness maps were obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from 19 patients with migraine before (first scan) and after (second sca...

Association between executive and food functions in the acute phase after stroke

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose To investigate potential associations among executive, physical and food functions in the acute phase after stroke. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that evaluated 63 patients admitted to the stroke unit of a public hospital. The exclusion criteria were other neurological and/or...

The importance of central auditory evaluation in Friedreich's ataxia

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To assess central auditory function in Friedreich's ataxia. Methods A cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out. Thirty patients underwent the anamnesis, otorhinolaryngology examination, pure tone audiometry, acoustic immittance measures and brainstem auditory evoked poten...

Aspectos sociodemográficos relacionados à gravidade da maloclusão em crianças brasileiras de 12 anos

Resumo Estudo transversal e analítico para caracterizar a maloclusão em crianças brasileiras de 12 anos e identificar os aspectos sociodemográficos associados, utilizando dados do SB Brasil 2010. Foram incluídas 5539 crianças dentre as quais 41% possuíam algum grau de maloclusão, de acordo com o ...