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Brazilian guidelines on the frequency of ophthalmic assessment and recommended ...
Rossetto,Julia Dutra; Hopker,Luisa Moreira; Carvalho,Luis Eduardo M. Rebouças de; Vadas,Marcelo Gaal; Zin,Andrea Araújo; Mendonça,Tomás ScalamandréABSTRACT Purpose: To provide guidance on the frequency and components of eye examinations for healthy children aged 0 to 5 years. Methods: These guidelines were developed based on the medical literature and clinical experience of an expert committee. PubMed/Medline searches were performed, with selected publications not restricted to systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, or observational studies. Th...
Sarcopenia in children and adolescents with chronic liver disease,
Rezende,Ionar Figueredo Bonfim; Conceição-Machado,Maria Ester P.; Souza,Viviane Sahade; Santos,Elisana M. dos; Silva,Luciana R.Abstract Objective: To investigate the occurrence of sarcopenia in children and adolescents with chronic liver disease. Methods: A series of cases, with patients aged 6-19 years of both genders, who were treated in Liver Outpatient Clinics. Weight, height, muscle strength (assessed by manual grip strength), and muscle mass (estimated through dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) were measured. Sarcopenia was diagno...
Autoimmune hepatitis in 828 Brazilian children and adolescents: clinical and la...
Porta,Gilda; Carvalho,Elisa de; Santos,Jorge L.; Gama,Jorge; Borges,Cristian V.; Seixas,Renata B.P.M.; Ferreira,Alexandre R.; Miura,Irene K.Abstract Objective: This large study with a long-term follow-up aimed to evaluate the clinical presentation, laboratory findings, histological profile, treatments, and outcomes of children and adolescents with autoimmune hepatitis. Methods: The medical records of 828 children and adolescents with autoimmune hepatitis were reviewed. A questionnaire was used to collect anonymous data on clinical presentation, bio...
Hepatobiliary disease in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis,
Nascimento,Fernanda de S.; Sena,Nelson A.; Ferreira,Tatiane da A.; Marques,Cibele D.F.; Silva,Luciana R.; Souza,Edna LúciaAbstract Objectives: The aims of the study were to determine the frequency of hepatobiliary disease in patients with cystic fibrosis and to describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory profile of these patients. Methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive, and analytical study of 55 patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, aged between 3 months and 21 years, followed-up from January 2008 to June 2...
Trends in breastfeeding indicators in a city of northeastern Brazil
Vieira,Graciete O.; Reis,Mariana R.; Vieira,Tatiana O.; Oliveira,Nelson F.; Silva,Luciana R.; Giugliani,Elsa R.J.OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in breastfeeding indicators in the city of Feira de Santana, Brazil, and to identify population characteristics that might have influenced this trend. METHODS: Three methodologically comparable cross-sectional surveys performed in 1996, 2001, and 2009 were analyzed. These involved 2,159, 2,319, and 1,471 children younger than 1 year of age who were vaccinated in national multiva...
Cholelithiasis in obese adolescents treated at an outpatient clinic ,
Nunes,Marília M. de A.; Medeiros,Carla C.M.; Silva,Luciana R.OBJECTIVE:to describe the frequency and the factors associated with cholelithiasis in obese adolescents.METHODS:this was a cross-sectional descriptive study performed with the adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age treated at the Child and Adolescent Obesity Outpatient Clinic from May to December of 2011. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) > P97, and overweight as BMI > P85, for age and gender, ac...
Fenótipo cintura hipertrigliceridêmica: associação com alterações metabólicas e...
Conceição-Machado,Maria Ester P. da; Silva,Luciana R.; Santana,Mônica Leila P.; Pinto,Elizabete J.; Silva,Rita de Cássia R.; Moraes,Lia Terezinha L.P.OBJETIVO: O presente estudo objetivou identificar a prevalência do fenótipo cintura hipertrigliceridêmica (CHT) e avaliar sua associação com alterações metabólicas em adolescentes de baixa condição econômica. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal com amostra probabilística de 1.076 adolescentes entre 11 e 17 anos, de ambos os sexos, estudantes de escolas públicas. Os participantes foram submetidos à avaliação antropométri...
Avaliação antropométrica dos pacientes com paralisia cerebral: quais as curvas ...
Araújo,Liubiana A.; Silva,Luciana R.OBJETIVO: Descrever a avaliação nutricional de crianças com paralisia cerebral, verificando a concordância de curvas de crescimento específicas para paralisia cerebral com curvas gerais, além de avaliar a presença das manifestações digestórias associadas a agravos nutricionais. MÉTODOS: Corte transversal de 187 indivíduos com paralisia cerebral, avaliando-se dados antopométricos em curvas habitualmente utilizad...
Controle neuronal e manifestações digestórias na paralisia cerebral
Araújo,Liubiana A.; Silva,Luciana R.; Mendes,Fabiana A.A.OBJETIVOS: Abordar as peculiaridades do controle neuronal digestório e descrever as principais manifestações digestórias na paralisia cerebral, atentando-se à importância do diagnóstico precoce para intervenção interdisciplinar eficaz. FONTES DOS DADOS: Revisão sistemática de 1997 a 2012 das bases de dados MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO e Cochrane Library. Incluem-se 70 artigos, como revisões relevantes, estudos obser...
Fatores preditivos da interrupção do aleitamento materno exclusivo no primeiro ...
Vieira,Graciete O.; Martins,Camilla da C.; Vieira,Tatiana de O.; Oliveira,Nelson F. de; Silva,Luciana R.OBJETIVO: Averiguar os fatores associados à interrupção do aleitamento materno exclusivo no primeiro mês de lactação na cidade de Feira de Santana, BA. MÉTODOS: Estudo de coorte com 1.309 duplas mães-bebês selecionadas em todas as maternidades do município. Os dados foram coletados no hospital e domicílio ao final do primeiro mês. A associação entre desfecho e variáveis de interesse foi avaliada por meio de reg...