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Fatores associados ao uso excessivo de medicação sintomática em pacientes com e...
Guendler,Vera Zukerman; Mercante,Juliane Prieto Peres; Ribeiro,Reinaldo Teixeira; Zukerman,Eliova; Peres,Mario Fernando PrietoOBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência de transtornos psiquiátricos em pacientes com diagnóstico de enxaqueca crônica com e sem uso excessivo de medicação sintomática. MÉTODOS: Setenta e dois voluntários foram recrutados a partir de um Programa de Saúde da Família da comunidade de Paraisópolis, na cidade de São Paulo (SP). Esses pacientes foram submetidos a exames clínico e neurológico. As seguintes variáveis foram an...
Trigger factors in migraine patients
Fukui,Patrícia Timy; Gonçalves,Tessa Rachel Tranquillini; Strabelli,Cintia Giunchetti; Lucchino,Natalia Maria Fernandes; Matos,Fernanda CunhaBACKGROUND: Migraine is a chronic neurological disease with several trigger factors, including dietary, hormonal and environmental factors. PURPOSE: To analyse precipitating factors in a sample of migraine patients. METHOD: Two hundred consecutive migraine patients were interviewed about possible trigger factors for migraine attacks. RESULTS: Most patients showed at least one dietary trigger, fasting was the mo...
Comorbidade psiquiátrica diminui a qualidade de vida de pacientes com enxaqueca...
Mercante,Juliane Prieto Peres; Bernik,Marcio Antonini; Zukerman-Guendler,Vera; Zukerman,Eliova; Kuczynski,Evelyn; Peres,Mario Fernando PrietoINTRODUÇÃO: A enxaqueca apresenta elevada comorbidade com os transtornos de humor e de ansiedade e extremo impacto no grau de incapacidade e qualidade de vida do indivíduo afetado, mas pouco se sabe sobre a qualidade de vida dos pacientes com enxaqueca crônica e o impacto das comorbidades psiquiátricas. MÉTODO: Cinquenta pacientes com diagnóstico de enxaqueca crônica (Sociedade Internacional de Cefaléias, 2004)...
Mutation analysis of CACNA1A and ATP1A2 genes in Brazilian FHM families
Lopes,Luciana R.; Peres,Mario Fernando Prieto; Vanmolkot,Kaate R.J.; Tobo,Patrícia R.; Zukerman,Eliova; Frants,Rune R.; van den Maagdenberg,Arn M.J.M.Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is a rare autosomal dominant form of migraine with aura. This disease has been associated with missense mutations in the CACNA1A and ATP1A2 genes. The aim of this study was to identify whether CACNA1A and ATP1A2 are or not related to Brazilian FHM. Here we screened four Brazilian FHM families (total of 26 individuals - 13 affected and 13 asymptomatic or normal) for mutations i...
Phobias, other psychiatric comorbidities and chronic migraine
Corchs,Felipe; Mercante,Juliane P.P.; Guendler,Vera Z.; Vieira,Domingos S.; Masruha,Marcelo R.; Moreira,Frederico R.; Bernik,Marcio; Zukerman,EliovaBACKGROUND: Comorbidity of chronic migraine (CM) with psychiatric disorders, mostly anxiety and mood disorders, is a well-recognized phenomenon. Phobias are one of the most common anxiety disorders in the general population. Phobias are more common in migraineurs than non-migraineurs. The clinical profile of phobias in CM has never been studied. METHOD: We investigated the psychiatric profile in 56 patients wit...
Primary headaches in obese patients
Peres,Mario Fernando Prieto; Lerário,Daniel Diniz Gonçalves; Garrido,Arthur Belarmino; Zukerman,EliovaBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Obesity is a major public health problem worldwide. Little is known about the prevalence and impact of headache disorders in obese patients. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of primary headaches in obese patients and controls. METHOD: Seventy-four consecutive obese patients from the obesity surgery service were studied, and compared to controls with body mass in...
Depression in chronic migraine: severity and clinical features
Mercante,Juliane Prieto Peres; Peres,Mario Fernando Prieto; Guendler,Vera; Zukerman,Eliova; Bernik,Marcio AntoniniINTRODUCTION: Chronic migraine (CM) is a common medical condition affecting 2.4% of the general population. Depression is one of the most frequent comorbid disorders in CM. METHOD: Seventy patients diagnosed with chronic migraine were studied. All patients evaluated filled out the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Depression severity was divided into none or minimal depression, mild, moderate, and severe. RESULT...
Endovascular treatment of carotid artery stenosis: retrospective study of 79 pa...
Kihara,Eduardo Noda; Andrioli,Mario Sergio Duarte; Zukerman,Eliova; Peres,Mario Fernando Prieto; Porto Júnior,Pedro Paulo; Monzillo,Paulo HélioWe evaluate the results of stenting and angioplasty on carotid bifurcation stenotic lesions using protection systems, emphasizing the indications and technical aspects. Seventy-nine patients, mean age 64.5 years were treated from February,1998 to March, 2003. All patients were included in NASCET study criteria. Forty three patients were treated without the protection systems and thirty six were treated with car...
Epsodic paroxysmal hemicrania with seasonal variation: case report and the EPH-...
Veloso,Germany Gonçalves; Kaup,Alexandre Ottoni; Peres,Mario F Pietro; Zukerman,EliovaEpisodic paroxysmal hemicrania (EPH) is a rare disorder characterized by frequent, daily attacks of short-lived, unilateral headache with accompanying ipsilateral autonomic features. EPH has attack periods which last weeks to months separated by remission intervals lasting months to years, however, a seasonal variation has never been reported in EPH. We report a new case of EPH with a clear seasonal pattern: a ...
The role of sleep in migraine attacks
Inamorato,Elaine; Minatti-Hannuch,Suzanmeire N.; Zukerman,EliovaMigraine attacks may be precipitated by sleep deprivation or excessive sleep and sleep is also associated with relief of migraine attacks. In view of this variable relationship we studied the records of 159 consecutive outpatients of our Headache Unit. In 121 records there was reference to sleep involvement, in 55% by a single form and in 45% by more than one form. When only one form was related, relief was mos...