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Cockroach allergens and asthma in Brazil: Identification of tropomyosin as a major allergen with potential cross-reactivity with mite and shrimp allergens
(Mosby-year Book Inc, 1999-08-01)
Background: Cockroaches produce several proteins that induce IgE antibody responses. Although cockroaches are abundant in warm and humid areas, sensitization to cockroach allergens has not been investigated in Brazil.Objective: ...
Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: neurological involvement
(Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1997-09-01)
With the purpose of analyzing the neurological involvement due to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we evaluated 17 female patients who were seen regularly at the hospital and had been diagnosed as having SLE according ...
Increased thyrotrophin levels and loss of the nocturnal thyrotrophin surge in Sheehan's syndrome
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 1997-11-01)
OBJECTIVE Since panhypopituitarism in patients with Sheehan's syndrome is due to massive pituitary necrosis with only minor hypothalamic involvement, we hypothesized that serum TSH levels would be low but its circadian ...
Quociente de inteligência de crianças e adolescentes obesos através da escala Wechsler
(Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 1996-02-01)
The intellectual characteristics of 65 obese children and adolescents (weight for height ³140% ), aged 8 to 13 years and 11 months, were compared to those of 35 eutrophic children and adolescents (weight for height ...
Efeitos na função pulmonar após utilização de surfactante pulmonar exógeno na síndrome do desconforto respiratório agudo na criança
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 1997-06-01)
The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a pulmonary lesion of multifactorial cause in which the surfactant system is altered owing to inactivation and impairment of composition and metabolism. The use of exogenous ...
Evolution of the nutritional support pattern in Pediatric Intensive Care
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 1998-02-01)
OBJECTIVES: to evaluate patterns of usage and monitoring of nutritional support in a Pediatric ICU of a teaching hospital and the role of an education program in nutritional support given throughout the resident physician ...
Diarréia aguda grave associada à Escherichia coli enteropatogênica clássica (EPEC): características clínicas e perdas fecais em lactentes hospitalizados
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 1997-12-01)
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains are the most prevalent enteropathogenic agents isolated in the stools of hospitalized infants with severe acute diarrhea in São Paulo. These microorganisms induce a severe ...
Inhaled nitric oxide and high concentrations of oxygen in pediatrics patients with congenital cardiopathy and pulmonary hypertension: report of five cases
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 1998-02-01)
Five patients with ages ranging from 6 months to 3 years were analyzed. All received inhaled nitric oxide (NO - 20 parts per million (ppm) ) and oxygen (0(2) - at a concentration of 90-95%) by means of an oxygen hood. Mean ...
Comparação do desempenho de pré-escolares, mediante teste de desenvolvimento de Denver, antes e após intervenção nutricional
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 1997-06-01)
Psychomotor and development analysis must be emphasized when studying institutionalized children. Many previous investigations have been showing deleterious effects of day care centers over developmental performance in ...
Nutritional assessment and surgical risk makers in children submitted to cardiac surgery
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 1995-02-01)
In order to assess the nutritional status of children with heart diseases and to evaluate nutritional parameters for predicting postoperative complications, 50 children undergoing to cardiac surgery and classified in high ...