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Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among adults in a small Brazilian ...
Passos,Afonso Dinis Costa; Bollela,Valdes Roberto; Furtado,João Marcelo Fortes; Lucena,Moisés Moura de; Bellissimo-Rodrigues,FernandoAbstract INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection varies markedly among different populations, especially depending on factors related to socioeconomic development and eating habits. Cássia dos Coqueiros is a small city in Brazil with rural characteristics and increased risk factors traditionally associated with T. gondii infection. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional study involving 97...
Characteristics of role models who influenced medical residents to choose surge...
Piccinato,Carlos Eli; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes Veronese; Rocha,Laura de Andrade; Troncon,Luiz Ernesto de AlmeidaABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Choosing a medical specialty and making decisions concerning a career are difficult processes for medical students and newly graduated physicians.This exploratory study aimed to investigate the influence of role models on the choice of surgery as a career, and to determine the most influential model characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative analysis on responses to a self-...
Safety and feasibility of the use of a bevacizumab-methylcellulose mixture as a...
Paula,Jayter Silva; Secches,Danilo José Lopes; Silva,Marcelo Jordão Lopes; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes Veronese; Cunha Junior,Armando da SilvaABSTRACT Bevacizumab, a monoclonal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody, has been suggested as a potential healing therapeutic following glaucoma surgery. Here, we aimed to improve the bioavailability of bevacizumab when used as an adjunct therapy to non-penetrating deep sclerectomy (DS) by using a bevacizumab-methylcellulose mixture (BMM). Ten previously non-operated eyes in ten patients diagnosed ...
Experimental closed system surgical procedures and intraocular pressure fluctua...
Souza,Eduardo Vieira de; Souza,Nivaldo Vieira de; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes VeronesePURPOSE: To determine the behavior of intraocular pressure and its relationship with infusion pressure in vitrectomy, phacofragmentation and phacoemulsification surgeries in rabbits.METHODS:Intraocular pressure fluctuation was measured in 24 eyes of 12 rabbits submitted to vitrectomy, phacofragmentation and phacoemulsification procedures (eight eyes per group). The procedures were divided according to the force...
Correlation between cup-to-disc ratio and cup/retrobulbar optic nerve diameter ...
Queiroz,Wilian Silva; Lucena,Daniel da Rocha; Ferreira,Juliana de Lucena Martins; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes Veronese; Paula,Jayter SilvaPURPOSE: To investigate the correlation between the measurements of the cup/retrobulbar optic nerve diameter (C/OND) proportion obtained by high-resolution 20-MHz B-mode ultrasound (US) and those of the cup/disc ratio (C/D) obtained by fundus biomicroscopy (BIO) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS: Thirty eyes of 15 glaucomatous patients with any C/D proportion were studied. All patients underwent e...
Conjunctival inflammation in patients under topical glaucoma treatment with ind...
Furtado,João Marcello; Paula,Jayter Silva; Soares,Edson Garcia; Dhegaide,Neifi Hassam Saloum; Rocha,Eduardo Melani; Donadi,EduardoPURPOSE: To compare the frequency of conjunctival HLA-DR expression (a surrogate marker for inflammation) in eyes treated with topical prostaglandin analogues versus eyes treated with other topical antiglaucomatous drugs. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma presenting indication for trabeculectomy were divided in groups according to the use or not of prostaglandin analogues. All subject...
Risk factors for blindness in patients with open-angle glaucoma followed-up for...
Paula,Jayter Silva; Furtado,João Marcello; Santos,Arles Silva; Coelho,Roberto de Mattos; Rocha,Eduardo Melani; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes VeronesePURPOSE: To determine the proportion of blindness and investigate the relationships between risk factors based on clinical characteristics and development of blindness in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) treated for at least 15 years. METHODS: A retrospective observational chart review was performed with 403 patients referred to a tertiary level hospital, each with a diagnosis of primary open-an...
HLA class I haplotypes and progression of primary open-angle glaucoma
Zenha,Fábio; Castadelli,Rosistele Maria Oliveira Bezerra; Deghaide,Neifi Hassam Saloum; Donadi,Eduardo Antonio; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes VeronesePURPOSE: To verify if patients with primary open-angle glaucoma with HLA class I haplotypes (A9-B12, A2-B40, A1-B8) associated with this disease may have a greater rate of progression than patients who do not present these haplotypes. METHODS: Anatomical and functional glaucoma evaluation (cup-to-disc ratio and visual field) of 25 patients (six of them with one of the haplotypes associated with glaucoma) follow...
Clinical and regulatory protocols for the management of impaired vision in the ...
Paula,Jayter Silva; Furtado,João Marcello Fortes; Jorge,Fabiano Cade; Rocha,Eduardo Melani; Scott,Ingrid U.; Santos,Luciane Loures dosPURPOSE: To describe the procedures used in developing Clinical and Regulatory Protocols for primary care teams to use in the management of the most common scenarios of impaired vision in Southern Brazil. METHODS: A retrospective review of 1.333 referral forms from all primary care practitioners was performed in Ribeirão Preto city, during a 30-day period. The major ophthalmic diagnostic categories were evaluat...
Perfil da demanda em um serviço de Oftalmologia de atenção primária
Vargas,Márcia Abelin; Rodrigues,Maria de Lourdes VeroneseOBJETIVO: Para melhorar os serviços de saúde é importante conhecer o perfil da demanda. Para isso, buscou-se: 1) Identificar os principais motivos de procura por atendimento oftalmológico em Unidade de Atenção Primária; 2) Analisar as frequências dos diagnósticos,bem como os motivos de encaminhamento de pacientes para outros serviços de Oftalmologia. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo e retrospectivo de 1.010 pacientes...