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Rev. Soc. Bras. Clín. Méd ; 18(3): 180-188, mar 2020.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-1361584

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Objetivo: Demonstrar fatores envolvidos nos distúrbios do sono em profissionais que fazem plantões. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo transversal, cuja amostra foi composta de 244 voluntários, plantonistas da área da saúde, sendo 191 do sexo feminino, que responderam a um questionário socioeconômico, associado à aplicação da Escala de Sonolência de Epworth e ao Índice de Qualidade do Sono de Pittsburgh. Os dados foram analisados pelos coeficientes de Spearman e de Kendall Tau, com distribuição de probabilidade gama. Resultados: Houve significância (p<0,05) com o Índice de Qualidade do Sono de Pittsburgh e a atividade física (+0,216), ergonomia (+0,148), filhos (-0,146), valor da remuneração (+0,112) e disfunção durante o dia (+0,352). Também houve significância com a Escala de Sonolência de Epworth e atividade física (+0,138), renda familiar (-0,118), trabalho semanal (-0,151), latência do sono (-0,106), duração do sono (-0,107), eficiência do sono (-0,139) e disfunção durante o dia (+0,170). Por fim, a eficiência do sono teve significiância com profissão (-0,209), tabagismo (+0,402), Escala de Sonolência de Epworth (-0,139) e dissonias com a obesidade (índice de massa corporal >30; razão de chance de 1,40; intervalo de confiança de 95% de 1,02-1,94). Conclusão: As medidas autorrelatadas são prontamente obtidas com questionários validados, como a Escala de Sonolência de Epworth e o Índice de Qualidade do Sono de Pittsburgh, encontrando-se correlações com renda familiar, ter ou não filhos, índice de massa corporal, atividade física, ergonomia, condições de trabalho, tabagismo e componentes biopsicossociais. Em virtude do caráter transversal deste estudo é indispensável mais estudos com maior follow-up


Objective: To demonstrate factors involved in sleep disorders in professionals who take shifts. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study whose sample consists of 244 volunteers, on-duty health workers, 191 females, who answered a socioeconomic questionnaire, associated with application of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Data were analyzed with Spearman's and Kendall Tau coefficients, and gamma probability distribution. Results: There was significance (p<0,05) with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and physical activity (+0,216), ergonomics (+0,148), children (-0,146), the wage (+0,112), dysfunction during the day (+0,352). Also there was significance with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and physical activity (+0,138), family income (-0,118), weekly workload (-0,151), sleep latency (-0,106), sleep duration (-0,107), sleep efficiency (-0,139), and dysfunction during the day (+0,170). Finally, sleep efficiency was significant with occupation (-0,209), smoking habits (+0,402), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (-0,139), dyssomnia with obesity (body index mass >30; OR of 1,40; CI 95% 1,02-1,94). Conclusion: Self-reported measures are readily obtained with validated questionnaires such as Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, with correlations with family income, having children or not, body mass index, physical activity, ergonomics, working conditions, smoking habits, and biopsychosocial components. Due to the cross-sectional nature of this study, further research with longer follow-up is indispensable


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Humans , Barrett Esophagus/diagnosis , Esophageal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis , Barrett Esophagus/surgery , Barrett Esophagus/complications , Barrett Esophagus/etiology , Barrett Esophagus/physiopathology , Barrett Esophagus/pathology , Barrett Esophagus/blood , Barrett Esophagus/epidemiology , Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery , Esophageal Neoplasms/etiology , Esophageal Neoplasms/physiopathology , Esophageal Neoplasms/pathology , Esophageal Neoplasms/blood , Esophageal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Adenocarcinoma/etiology , Adenocarcinoma/physiopathology , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/blood , Adenocarcinoma/epidemiology , Gastroesophageal Reflux/complications
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Acta cir. bras ; 30(8): 580-585, Aug. 2015. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-757987

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of the Glasgow Prognostic Score (GPS) in patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC).METHODS: A total of 50 patients with EC were analyzed for GPS, nutritional and clinicopathologic parameters. Patients with CRP ≤ 1.0mg/L and albumin ≥ 3.5mg/L were considered as GPS=0. Patients with only CRP increased or albumin decreased were classified as GPS=1 and patients with CRP > 1.0mg/L and albumin < 3.5mg/L were considered as GPS=2.RESULTS: GPS of 0, 1 and 2 were observed in seven, 23 and 20 patients, respectively. A significant inverse relationship was observed between GPS scores and the survival rate. The survival rate was greatest in patients with GPS= 0 and significantly higher than those from patients with GPS=1 and GPS=2. Minimum 12-month survival was observed in 71% patients with GPS=0 and in 30% patients with GPS=1. None of the patients with GPS=2 survived for 12 months. A significant relationship between CRP or albumin individually and the survival rate was observed. No significant relationship among nutritional, clinic pathological parameters and survival was found.CONCLUSION:Glasgow Prognostic Score is an useful tool to predict survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma.


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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , C-Reactive Protein/analysis , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/mortality , Esophageal Neoplasms/mortality , Serum Albumin/analysis , Biomarkers, Tumor/blood , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/blood , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Epidemiologic Methods , Esophageal Neoplasms/blood , Esophageal Neoplasms/pathology , Prognosis , Reference Values , Reproducibility of Results , Survival Analysis
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Arq. gastroenterol ; 45(3): 199-203, jul.-set. 2008. graf, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-494326

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RACIONAL: O câncer de esôfago tem impacto relevante no metabolismo protéico do hospedeiro, mas pouco se conhece sobre as implicações no metabolismo protéico sulfurado. Deste, destaca-se a taurina, composto participante de várias funções fisiológicas importantes como a manutenção do sistema de defesa celular e possível sobrevida do paciente. OBJETIVO: Estudar as variações plasmáticas da taurina e de seus precursores em pacientes com câncer de esôfago. MÉTODO: Em estudo transversal foram triados 16 pacientes (43-73 anos) com câncer de esôfago e 20 voluntários (27-65 anos) controles sadios que preencheram os critérios clínicos e éticos da pesquisa. Para caracterização do estado geral de saúde efetuou-se avaliação antropométrica, hematimétrica (Hb, Ht, glóbulos brancos, linfócitos) e bioquímica (albumina, glicose, lipídios, aminotransferases). Adicionalmente, foram realizadas, no plasma, análises cromatográficas de taurina e seus precursores cisteína e homocisteína. Foi registrado o tempo de sobrevivência dos pacientes, a partir do diagnóstico histopatológico. RESULTADOS: Os pacientes com câncer de esôfago foram predominantemente do sexo masculino, raça branca, classe socioeconômica baixa, tipo carcinoma espinocelular de localização no terço superior, em estádio IV, sobrevida de 7,8 ± 5,5 anos, referindo perda de peso em 16,4 por cento e apresentando hipoalbuminemia em 50 por cento, com massa muscular e adiposa semelhante ao controle. Os pacientes apresentaram valores estatisticamente menores do que os controles para Hb, Ht, colesterol total, HDL-colesterol e cisteína e maiores de AST, ALT, taurina e homocisteína. Dentre os pacientes houve correlação positiva da taurina tanto com a contagem total de linfócitos, como com a sobrevida dos pacientes. CONCLUSÃO: Os níveis reduzidos de cisteína e elevados de homocisteína, taurina e as associações positivas da taurina com os indicadores da imunocompetência celular e da mortalidade sugerem participação ...


BACKGROUND: The esophagus cancer-host has a two way close relationship as seen in its sulphur-amino acid metabolism. Taurine one of these compounds has ubiquous role in host defense and other physiological mechanisms related to survival. AIM: To study the plasma levels of taurine and its precursors in patients with esophagus cancer. METHODS: In a sectional design both groups, patients (n = 16, 43-73 yrs old) and healthy controls (n = 20, 27-65 yrs old) were assessed for anthropometry, body-weight lost, hematology (Hb, Ht, total leukocytes and lymphocyte counts), general biochemistry (albumin, glucose, lipids and aminotransferases) and chromatographic analysis for taurine, cysteine, and homocysteine. The survival time was registered there since from the clinical-histopathological diagnosis. All participants had a written ethical consent for the research. RESULTS: The cancer patients were predominantly, white males of low social economic class, with spinocellular carcinoma stage IV located at upper 3rd half of them presented hypoalbuminemia and 16 percent referred significant body-weight loss. The patients showed statistically lower values of Hb, Ht, total and HDL cholesterol and cysteine and significantly higher values of taurine, homocysteine and aminotransferases than healthy controls. A positive relationship was found between taurine and either TLC (r = 0.50) and survival (r = 0.81). CONCLUSIONS: Lower plasma cysteine along with higher levels of taurine and homocysteine and the positive direct association of taurine with indications of survival suggest an effective role of this compound and therefore a prospective special nutritional care in its precursors (cysteine, methionine and B vitamins) of these patients.


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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Cysteine/blood , Esophageal Neoplasms/blood , Homocysteine/blood , Taurine/blood , Case-Control Studies , Cross-Sectional Studies , Neoplasm Staging , Survival Analysis , Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
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Acta oncol. bras ; 15(2): 89-93, mar.-abr. 1995. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-155317

ABSTRACT

O comportamento dos marcadores CA-72,4 e CYFRA-21.1 foi analisado em pacientes do Hospital a. C. Camargo. A dosagem dos níveis séricos de CA-72,4 foi realizada em 49 pacientes por ensaio automatizado de quimioluminescência e mostrou-se útil nos dois grupos de pacientes analisados, com tumores de esôfago e gástricos. Em ambos os casos, houve um aumento de sensibilidade quando se acrescentou a dosagem deste marcador à do antígeno carcinoembriônico (CEA) ou ao marcador CA-19.9. Foram mais sensíveis as associaçöes CA-72.4 e CA-19.9 para os tumores de esôfago, e CA-72.4 e CEA para tumores gástricos. Já o marcador CYFRA-21.1 foi analisado por radioimunoensaio em 102 doadores normais do banco de sangue do HACC e em 20 pacientes com tumores de pulmäo. Nestes últimos, o CYFRA-21.1 esteve alterado em 55 por cento dos casos. Desta forma, o marcador CYFRA-21.1 pode ser considerado, como a enolase neurônio-específica (NSE), uma ferramenta muito útil no seguimento de pacientes com tumores de pulmäo


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Humans , Keratins/blood , Biomarkers, Tumor/blood , Antibodies, Monoclonal , Lung Neoplasms/blood , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Esophageal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Esophageal Neoplasms/blood , Stomach Neoplasms/diagnosis , Stomach Neoplasms/blood , Reference Values , Sensitivity and Specificity
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Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-23468

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As selenium has been shown to be a risk modifier of cancer at several sites in a case-control approach, selenium nutriture was studied in oral and oesophageal cancer patients. The mean selenium level in oral cancer patients was 102.6 ng/ml and in oesophageal cancer 103.3 ng/ml, while in the matched controls it was 117.5 and 116.2 ng/ml respectively. Relative risk estimates were 3.16 (P < 0.02) and 16.0 (P < 0.01) in oral and oesophageal cancer patients respectively. The risk appears to increase with selenium levels lower than 115 ng/ml.


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Case-Control Studies , Diet , Esophageal Neoplasms/blood , Female , Humans , Male , Mouth Neoplasms/blood , Odds Ratio , Risk Factors , Selenium/administration & dosage
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