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The Brazilian Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases – history
Gagliardi,Rubens José; Raffin,Cesar Noronha; Noujaim,Jorge El Kadum; Bacellar,Aroldo Luiz Silva; Freitas,Gabriel Rodriguez de; Oliveira-Filho,JamaryABSTRACT The present article provides the historical background of the Sociedade Brasileira de Doenças Cerebrovasculares (Brazilian Society for Cerebrovascular Diseases), including details on its function, structure, challenges and main achievements.
Brazilian guidelines for endovascular treatment of patients with acute ischemic...
Pontes-Neto,Octávio Marques; Cougo,Pedro; Martins,Sheila Cristina Ouriques; Abud,Daniel G.; Nogueira,Raul G.; Miranda,MaraméliaABSTRACT These guidelines are the result of a joint effort from writing groups of the Brazilian Stroke Society, the Scientific Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, the Brazilian Stroke Network and the Brazilian Society of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Members from these groups participated in web-based discussion forums with predefined themes, followed by vi...
Brazilian guidelines for the application of transcranial ultrasound as a diagno...
Lange,Marcos C.; Zétola,Viviane H. F.; Miranda-Alves,Maramélia; Moro,Carla H. C.; Silvado,Carlos E.; Rodrigues,Daniela L. G.Neurosonological studies, specifically transcranial Doppler (TCD) and transcranial color-coded duplex (TCCD), have high level of specificity and sensitivity and they are used as complementary tests for the diagnosis of brain death (BD). A group of experts, from the Neurosonology Department of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology, created a task force to determine the criteria for the following aspects of diagnosi...
Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke treatment: part I
Oliveira-Filho,Jamary; Martins,Sheila Cristina Ouriques; Pontes-Neto,Octávio Marques; Longo,Alexandre; Evaristo,Eli Faria; Carvalho,João José Freitas de
Guidelines for acute ischemic stroke treatment: part II: stroke treatment
Martins,Sheila Cristina Ouriques; Freitas,Gabriel Rodriguez de; Pontes-Neto,Octávio Marques; Pieri,Alexandre; Moro,Carla Heloísa CabralThe second part of these Guidelines covers the topics of antiplatelet, anticoagulant, and statin therapy in acute ischemic stroke, reperfusion therapy, and classification of Stroke Centers. Information on the classes and levels of evidence used in this guideline is provided in Part I. A translated version of the Guidelines is available from the Brazilian Stroke Society website (www.sbdcv.com.br).
Clinical assessment, neuroimaging and immunomarkers in Chagas disease study (CL...
Oliveira-Filho,Jamary; Dias,Jesângeli de S.; Jesus,Pedro A.P.; J.S.B. Neto,Nestor; Aras,Roque; Reis,Francisco J.F.B.; Furie,Karen L.ABSTRACT Chagas disease (CD) is an important cause of cardiomyopathy and stroke in Brazil. Brain infarcts and atrophy seem to occur independently of cardiomyopathy severity and cognitive impairment is understudied. Objective: Compare the prevalence of brain magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities between patients with or without CD; determine if inflammatory biomarkers are increased in CD; and determine the ef...
Do children with Glasgow 13/14 could be identified as mild traumatic brain injury?
Melo,José Roberto Tude; Lemos-Júnior,Laudenor Pereira; Reis,Rodolfo Casimiro; Araújo,Alex O; Menezes,Carlos W; Santos,Gustavo P; Barreto,Bruna BOBJECTIVE: To identify in mild head injured children the major differences between those with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 and GCS 13/14. METHOD: Cross-sectional study accomplished through information derived from medical records of mild head injured children presented in the emergency room of a Pediatric Trauma Centre level I, between May 2007 and May 2008. RESULTS: 1888 patients were included. The mean age w...
Hyperglycemia in pediatric head trauma patients: a cross-sectional study
Melo,José Roberto Tude; Reis,Rodolfo Casimiro; Lemos-Júnior,Laudenor Pereira; Coelho,Henrique Miguel Santos; Almeida,Carlos Eduardo Romeu deOBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of acute hyperglycemia in children with head trauma stratified by the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). METHOD: A prospective cross-sectional study carried out with information from medical records of pediatric patients presenting with head injury in the emergency room of a referral emergency hospital during a one year period. We considered the cut-off value of 150 mg/dL to define hy...
Stroke and brain atrophy in chronic Chagas disease patients: A new theory propo...
Oliveira-Filho,JamaryAbstract Chagas disease (CD) remains a major cause of cardiomyopathy and stroke in developing countries. Brain damage in CD has been attributed exclusively to the effects of structural heart disease on the brain, including cardioembolism and low cardiac output symptoms. However, CD patients also develop stroke and brain atrophy independently of cardiac disease severity. Chronic inflammation directed against T. ...
Cognitive dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
Dias,Jesângeli Sousa; Lacerda,Amanda M.; Vieira-de-Melo,Rodrigo M.; Viana,Leila C.; Jesus,Pedro A.P.; Reis,Francisco J.F.B.; Nitrini,RicardoAbstract Chagas disease (CD) remains a major cause of stroke in developing countries, but cognitive repercussion of CD has not been well studied. Objective: To compare the frequency and pattern of cognitive dysfunction in patients with CD cardiomyopathy (CDC) and other cardiomyopathies (OC). Methods: We studied 37 patients with CDC and 42 patients with OC with similar age, educational level and cardiac systolic...