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Estudo Longitudinal De Saúde Do Adulto -Elsa-Brasil [English], Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

Presentation update on September, 2011.

Changing Patterns And Outcome Of Dengue Infection; Report From A Tertiary Care Hospital In Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Roomasa Channa, Maliha Jumani, Afia Zafar

Department of Medicine

Objective: To identify predictors of outcome in patients with Dengue Infections at a tertiary care hospital and to analyze that if pattern of Dengue infection is changing in the past two years.

Methods: We reviewed 225 cases of confirmed dengue virus infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by presence of IgM antibodies against Dengue by ELISA in addition to fever according to WHO criteria.

Results: From years 2000-2004, 30(73%) had Dengue Fever (DF), 10(24%) had Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and 1(2.4%) had Dengue shock syndrome (DSS) while after 2005, 107(58%) had DF, 71(39%) had DHF and 6(3%) had DSS. Six …

Associations Between Performance On The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure And Regional Brain Volumes In Children With And Without Velocardiofacial Syndrome, Kevin M. Antshel, Jena Peebles, Nuria Abdulsabur, Anne Marie Higgins, Nancy Roizen, Robert J. Shprintzen, Wanda Fremont, Robert Natasi, Wendy R. Kates

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Ninety-two children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), a genetic disorder caused by a microdeletion of chromosome 22q11.2 and an age, race, and gender-ratio comparable sample of 59 control participants were included in the project. Participants received an MRI as well as a comprehensive neuropsychological battery; the primary outcome measure in the current report is the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF). Children with VCFS performed less well on the ROCF and have lower whole brain volume compared to controls. After controlling for whole brain volume differences, children with VCFS have bilaterally less parietal lobe gray and white matter yet more frontal lobe white …

A Non-Randomized Study Of Safety And Efficacy Of Heparin For Dvt Prophylaxis In Intracerebral Haemorrhage, Mohammad Wasay, Saqibuddin Khan, Khawaja S. Zaki, Bhojo A. Khealani, Ayeesha Kamal, Iqbal Azam, Ismail A. Khatri

Department of Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous heparin for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) during acute phase in comparison to elastic stockings.

Methods: The diagnosis of ICH was based on imaging (CT or MRI) and DVT was based on Doppler ultrasound.

Results: A total of 458 patients were identified over a period of 5 years (1997-2001). Median age was 59 years (range:12-99 years). Two hundred (44%) patients received heparin (heparin group) in addition to elastic stockings and 258 (56%) patients were only given elastic stockings (stockings group). These two groups were not …

Framingham Score For Cardiovascular Diseases [Portuguese], Paulo A. Lotufo

Paulo A Lotufo

Review about cardiovascular risk factors.

A Novel And Generalizable Organotypic Slice Platform To Evaluate Stem Cell Potential For Targeting Pediatric Brain Tumors., Shengwen Calvin Li, William Gunter Loudon

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Brain tumors are now the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children under age 15. Malignant gliomas are, for all practical purposes, incurable and new therapeutic approaches are desperately needed. One emerging strategy is to use the tumor tracking capacity inherent in many stem cell populations to deliver therapeutic agents to the brain cancer cells. Current limitations of the stem cell therapy strategy include that stem cells are treated as a single entity and lack of uniform technology is adopted for selection of clinically relevant sub-populations of stem cells. Specifically, therapeutic success relies on the selection of a clinically competent …

Escalating Levels Of Access To In-Hospital Care And Stroke Mortality., Gustavo Saposnik

Gustavo Saposnik

No abstract provided.

Stroke Outcome In Those Over 80: A Multicenter Cohort Study Across Canada., Gustavo Saposnik

Gustavo Saposnik

No abstract provided.