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Objetivo: avaliaçäo da pressäo intra-ocular da populaçäo de duas aldeias da tribo Guarani e sua correlaçäo com sexo, idade, índice de massa corpórea e pressäo arterial sistêmica. Metodologia: noventa e um índios Guaranis da regiaäo sul do município de Säo Paulo (Brasil). Foram excluídos os mestiços. As medidas de pressäo foram efetuadas com tonômetro de aplanaçäo de Perkins nos dois olhos (para o estudo, somente as medidas de olho direito foram consideradas). Foram feitas duas medidas de pressäo arterial com cinco minutos de intervalo, na posiçäo sentada, com esfigmomanômetro aferido. Foi levado em conta somente a segunda medida de PA. Tornou-se nota também das medidas de peso e altura. Resultados: A Po média em todo grupo Guarani foi de 10,46mmHg ñ 1,97mmHg
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adolescente , Adulto , Pré-Escolar , Criança , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Brasil/etnologia , Hipertensão Ocular/prevenção & controle , Indígenas Sul-Americanos , Pressão Intraocular/fisiologia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , EtnicidadeRESUMO
PURPOSE: To determine the natural history of intracranial calcifications in infants with treated congenital toxoplasmosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between January 1982 and March 1994, cranial computed tomography was performed in 56 infants with treated congenital toxoplasmosis when they were newborns and approximately 1 year old. Locations and sizes of intracranial calcifications were noted. RESULTS: Forty newborns had intracranial calcifications. By 1 year of age, calcifications diminished or resolved in 30 (75%) and remained stable in 10 (25%) of these treated infants. Ten (33%) of the 30 infants whose calcifications diminished versus seven (70%) of the 10 infants with stable calcifications received less intensive antimicrobial treatment than the other treated infants. In contrast, a small number of infants who were untreated or treated 1 month or less had intracranial calcifications that increased or remained stable during their 1st year of life. CONCLUSION: Diminution or resolution of intracranial calcifications was an unexpected and remarkable finding in infants with treated, congenital toxoplasmosis, consonant with their improved neurologic functioning.
