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Arq. bras. oftalmol ; 87(3): e2023, 2024. tab
Article in English | LILACS-Express | LILACS | ID: biblio-1550033

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ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aims to compare the initial ocular discomfort symptoms resulting from trabeculectomy and Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation surgeries. Methods: A prospective comparative study was conducted. The evaluation of ocular discomfort employed a questionnaire designed to identify the frequency and severity of distinct symptoms: ocular pain, general discomfort, tearing, foreign body sensation, and burning. This questionnaire was administered prior to surgery as a baseline, and subsequently at 7, 30, and 90 days post-surgery. Simultaneously, the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) was applied at these same time intervals. Results: The study encompassed a total of 17 patients (9 undergoing trabeculectomy and 8 undergoing Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation). The Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation group exhibited higher tearing levels at baseline (p=0.038). However, no statistically significant differences in symptoms were observed between the two surgeries at 7 and 30 days post-surgery. At the 90-day mark following surgery, patients who had undergone trabeculectomy reported a significantly higher foreign body sensation (p=0.004). Although OSDI scores did not differ between groups at baseline, the trabeculectomy group showed significantly higher OSDI scores than the Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation group at 7, 30, and 90 days after surgery (p<0.05). Conclusion: Post-surgery, patients who had undergone trabeculectomy experienced increased foreign body sensation. Trabeculectomy appears to cause greater early postoperative ocular discomfort compared to the Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation group.

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Rev. bras. oftalmol ; 80(1): 27-32, jan.-fev. 2021. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-1251323

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RESUMO Objetivos: Avaliar a sensibilidade, especificidade e acurácia da refratometria obtida através do aparelho photoscreener 2WIN® como método de rastreio de ametropias com indicação de prescrição de óculos pelos critérios da Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmopediatria em crianças assintomáticas, de origem extra-hospitalar, de 6 a 36 meses de idade, e determinar se a cicloplegia influencia a capacidade de rastreio do aparelho. Métodos: Cento e setenta e oito (178) de crianças com idades entre 6 e 36 meses tiveram sua refratometria mensurada pelo método padrão-ouro, a retinoscopia manual sob cicloplegia, e pelo método em teste, o photoscreener 2WIN®, antes e após a cicloplegia. Resultados: O photoscreener 2WIN® é capaz de identificar aqueles pacientes que deveriam receber prescrição de óculos pelos critérios da Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmopediatria com sensibilidade de 100%, especificidade de 93,18% e acurácia de 93,26%, quando comparado a retinoscopia estática. Sob cicloplegia, o 2WIN® mantém sensibilidade de 100%, porém aumenta sua especificidade para 96,59% e a acurácia para 96,63%. Conclusão: O photoscreener 2WIN® se mostrou altamente sensível, específico e acurado para uso como equipamento de triagem daqueles pacientes de 6 a 36 meses que se beneficiariam do uso de óculos pelos critérios da Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmopediatria, com discreto aumento da especificidade e acurácia quando aplicado em pacientes cicloplegiados.


ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the sensitivity, specificity e accuracy of the ocular refraction measured by the 2WIN® photoscreener as a screening method to identify children in need of spectacles prescription according to the criteria published by the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology (BSPO) in asymptomatic children, 6 to 36 months old, and determine the impact of cycloplegia in the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of this method. Methods: One hundred seventy-eight (178) eyes of asymptomatic children between the ages of 6 and 36 months have been submitted to ocular refraction measurements by the gold-standard method, the manual retinoscopy under cycloplegia, and the method been tested, the 2WIN® photoscreening, both before and under cycloplegia. Results: The 2WIN® photoscreener before cycloplegia was able to identify those patients in need of spectacles prescription according to the criteria published by the BSPO with 100% sensitivity, 93.18% specificity and 93.26% accuracy, when compared to the manual retinoscopy under cycloplegia. The 2WIN® photoscreener under cycloplegia maintained a sensitivity of 100%, but increased specificity to 96.59% and accuracy to 96.63%. Conclusion: The 2WIN® photoscreener before cycloplegia showed high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in detection of patients in need of spectacles prescription according to the criteria published by the BSPO in the tested population, with minor increase in specificity and accuracy when the measurements were performed under cycloplegia.


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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Child, Preschool , Refraction, Ocular , Refractive Errors/diagnosis , Refractometry/methods , Retinoscopy/methods , Eyeglasses , Cross-Sectional Studies , Sensitivity and Specificity , Observational Study , Data Accuracy
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Rev. Soc. Cardiol. Estado de Säo Paulo ; 23(3,supl.A): 11-13, jul.-set. 2013.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-767460

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O miocárdio não compactado isolado (MNCI) é uma afecçãocongênita rara, resultante da interrupção da embriogênesenormal do miocárdio, a qual leva à persistência de trabeculaçõesnumerosas e profundas do endocárdio, comunicantescom a cavidade ventricular. Inicialmente descrita como umaentidade exclusiva da população pediátrica, vários casos deapresentação tardia ao longo da vida adulta foram descritosna literatura. Tem como manifestações clínicas principais:insuficiência cardíaca, eventos arrítmicos e episódios detromboembolismo sistêmico. Relata-se o caso de um adultojovem de 27 anos, cuja suspeita clínica foi estabelecida porecocardiograma bidimensional, sendo o diagnóstico definitivode não compactação isolada do miocárdio ventricular obtidopor ressonância magnética cardíaca.


Isolated noncompacted myocardium is a rare congenital disorderresulting from disruption of normal myocardial embryogenesis,leading to the persistence of numerous deep trabeculations of theendocardium, communicating with the ventricular cavity. Initiallydescribed as a congenital pathology of the pediatric population, severalcases of belated presentation during adulthood have been describedin literature. Its main clinical manifestations are heart failure,arrhythmic events and episodes of arterial thromboembolism. Wereport the case of a young adult man of 27-year-old, whose clinicalsuspicion was established by two-dimensional echocardiography,and the definitive diagnosis of isolated noncompaction of ventricularmyocardium obtained by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.


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Humans , Male , Adult , Congenital Abnormalities/rehabilitation , Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/diagnosis , Heart Failure/complications , Echocardiography , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Warfarin/adverse effects
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Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc ; 27(4): 512-519, out.-dez. 2012. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-668112

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OBJECTIVES: Rheumatic fever is a highly prevalent disease in Brazil, and it poses a major public health problem. It is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in childhood and adolescence. The aim of this study was to evaluate the gene expression of ET-3 and its receptors, in replaced rheumatic mitral valves. METHODS: We studied the gene expression of endothelin-3 (ET-3) and its receptors, endothelin receptor A and endothelin receptor B (ETr-A and ETr-B), in the rheumatic mitral valves of 17 patients who underwent valve replacement surgery. The samples also underwent a histological analysis. RESULTS: Our data showed that almost all patients, regardless of individual characteristics such as gender or age, expressed the endothelin receptor genes, but did not express the genes for ET-3. In quantitative analysis, the ETr-A/GAPDH mean ratio was 33.04 ± 18.09%; while the ETr-B/GAPDH mean ratio was 114.58 ± 42.30%. Regarding histopathological individual features, the frequency of fibrosis is 100%, 88.23% of mononuclear infiltrate, 52.94% of neovascularization, 58.82% of calcification and absence of ossification. CONCLUSION: The presence of receptors ETr-A and ETr-B in rheumatic mitral valves suggests its interaction with the system of circulating endothelins, particularly ETr-B (known for acting in the removal of excess endothelin) detected in a greater proportion, which could explain the lack of expression of endothelin in rheumatic mitral valve, process to be elucidated.


OBJETIVOS: A febre reumática é uma doença altamente prevalente no Brasil, e representa um importante problema de saúde pública. É a principal causa de cardiopatia adquirida na infância e adolescência. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a expressão gênica de ET-3 e seus receptores, em valvas mitrais reumáticas substituídas. Métodos: Estudamos a expressão gênica de endotelina-3 (ET-3) e de seus receptores, receptor da endotelina A e receptor da endotelina B (ETr-A e ETr-B), nas valvas mitrais reumáticas de 17 pacientes que se submeteram à cirurgia de troca valvar. As amostras também foram submetidas à análise histológica. RESULTADOS: Nossos dados mostraram que praticamente todos os pacientes, independentemente de características individuais, como sexo ou idade, expressaram os genes de receptores de endotelina, porém não expressaram os genes para ET-3. Na análise quantitativa, a média da proporção ETr-A/GAPDH foi de 33,04 ± 18,09%; enquanto que a média da proporção ETr-B/GAPDH foi de 114,58 ± 42,30%. Em relação às características histopatológicas individuais, a frequência de fibrose foi de 100%, infiltrado mononuclear de 88,23%, neovascularização de 52,94%, calcificação de 58,82% e houve ausência de ossificação. CONCLUSÃO: A presença de receptores ETr-A e ETr-B em valvas mitrais reumáticas sugere sua interação com o sistema de endotelinas circulantes, particularmente ETr-B (reconhecido por atuar na remoção do excesso de endotelina), detectado em maior proporção, o que poderia explicar a ausência da expressão de endotelina em valva mitral reumática, processo a ser elucidado.


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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , /genetics , Gene Expression/genetics , Mitral Valve Stenosis/genetics , Receptor, Endothelin A/genetics , Receptor, Endothelin B/genetics , Rheumatic Heart Disease/genetics , /metabolism , Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation , Mitral Valve Stenosis/surgery , Receptor, Endothelin A/metabolism , Receptor, Endothelin B/metabolism , Rheumatic Heart Disease/metabolism , Rheumatic Heart Disease/surgery
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