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Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteopor...
Radominski,Sebastião Cézar; Bernardo,Wanderley; Paula,Ana Patrícia de; Albergaria,Ben-Hur; Moreira,Caio; Fernandes,Cesar Eduardo; Castro,Charlles H.M.Abstract Osteoporosis is the leading cause of fractures in the population older than 50 years. This silent disease affects primarily postmenopausal women and the elderly, and the morbidity and mortality rates are high. The main goal of treating osteoporosis is the prevention of fractures. The identification of populations at risk through early diagnosis and treatment is essential. The last Brazilian guideline f...
Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the diagnosis and treat...
Loures,Marco Antônio R.; Zerbini,Cristiano Augusto F.; Danowski,Jaime S.; Pereira,Rosa Maria R.; Moreira,Caio; Paula,Ana Patrícia deAbstract Osteoporosis, a metabolic disease characterized by low bone mass, deterioration of the bone tissue microarchitecture and increased susceptibility to fractures, is commonly regarded as a women's health problem. This point of view is based on the fact that compared with men, women have lower bone mineral density and longer lifespans and lose bone mass faster, especially after menopause, due to a marked d...
Impaired bone mineral accrual in prepubertal HIV-infected children: a cohort study
Palchetti,Cecília Zanin; Szejnfeld,Vera Lúcia; Succi,Regina Célia de Menezes; Patin,Rose Vega; Teixeira,Patrícia Fonseca; Machado,Daisy MariaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate bone mass accrual and determine the influence of clinical, anthropometric, dietary and biochemical parameters on bone mass. METHODS: A cohort study including 35 prepubertal HIV-infected children, between 7 and 12 years, attended at a referral center. At time 1 (T1) and time 2 (T2), patients were assessed according to clinical, anthropometric, dietary, biochemical parameters and b...
Body composition and lipodystrophy in prepubertal HIV-infected children
Palchetti,Cecilia Zanin; Patin,Rose Vega; Gouvêa,Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa; Szejnfeld,Vera Lúcia; Succi,Regina Célia de MenezesOBJECTIVE: To identify lipodystrophy in prepubertal HIV-infected children using anthropometric parameters and body composition assessment. METHODS: Cross-sectional study including 40 prepubertal HIV-infected children of both genders seen at the Care Center of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo city, Brazil, was carried out from August to December 2008. A...
Conhecimento dos médicos clínicos do Brasil sobre as estratégias de prevenção e...
Szejnfeld,Vera Lúcia; Jennings,Fagner; Castro,Charlles Heldan de Moura; Pinheiro,Marcelo de Medeiros; Lopes,Antonio CarlosOBJETIVOS: investigar o conhecimento de profissionais médicos brasileiros a respeito da osteoporose, estratégias de prevenção e tratamento e o acesso à informação em osteoporose, utilizando-se um questionário desenvolvido para avaliar o conhecimento de profissionais médicos em relação à importância da osteoporose e suas estratégias de tratamento. PACIENTES E MÉTODOS: o questionário foi divulgado a11 mil médicos...
Sarcopenia associada ao envelhecimento: aspectos etiológicos e opções terapêuticas
Silva,Tatiana Alves de Araujo; Frisoli Junior,Alberto; Pinheiro,Marcelo Medeiros; Szejnfeld,Vera LúciaA prevalência de incapacidade e dependência funcional é maior em idosos e está intimamente associada à redução da massa muscular, que ocorre, até mesmo, em indivíduos saudáveis. A sarcopenia parece decorrer da interação complexa de distúrbios da inervação, diminuição de hormônios, aumento de mediadores inflamatórios e alterações da ingestão protéico-calórica que ocorrem durante o envelhecimento. A perda de mass...
Lifestyle changes after osteoporotic fractures in elderly women
Pinheiro,Marcelo Medeiros; Castro,Charles Heldan de Moura; Frisoli Júnior,Alberto; Szejnfeld,Vera LúciaOBJECTIVE: health promotion and disease prevention activities directed to osteoporosis might help to reduce the rate of osteoporotic fractures among elderly people. METHODS: in order to check whether osteoporotic women modify their habits after the fracture, 518 postmenopausal white Brazilian elderly women were recruited from the outpatient clinic of the Rheumatology Division (122 of them with fracture) and wer...