CLINICS

ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2011 66(5):719–930
EDITORIAL
Sudden unexpected death in people with down syndrome and epilepsy: another piece in this
complicated puzzle
Carla A. Scorza, Fulvio A. Scorza, Ricardo M. Arida, Esper A. Cavalheiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Vitamin D status in patients with Behcet’s Disease
Saliha Karatay, Kadir Yildirim, Ali Karakuzu, Ahmet Kiziltunc, Ragip Ismail Engin, Yonca Bavli Eren,
Akin Aktas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
Lifetime psychopathology among the offspring of Bipolar I parents
Marcelo C. Zappitelli, Isabel A. Bordin, John P. Hatch, Sheila C. Caetano, Giovana Zunta-Soares, Rene L. Olvera,
Jair C. Soares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Translation, cultural adaptation and reproducibility of the Cochin Hand Functional Scale
questionnaire for Brazil
Aline Chiari, Carla Caires de Souza Sardim, Jamil Natour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
Outpatient Quick Diagnosis Units for the evaluation of suspected severe diseases: an observational,
descriptive study
Xavier Bosch, Anna Foix, Anna Jordán, Antonio Coca, Alfonso López-Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
The role of oxidative stress and antioxidants in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration
Zuhal Yildirim, Nil Irem Ucgun, Filiz Yildirim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
High cardiorespiratory fitness is more beneficial in pre-diabetic men than women
Hannes Gatterer, Hanno Ulmer, Alexander Dzien, Matthias Somavilla, Martin Burtscher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
Minichromosome maintenance 2 and 5 expressions are increased in the epithelium of hereditary
gingival fibromatosis associated with dental abnormalities
Hercı́lio Martelli-Júnior, Carolina de Oliveira Santos, Paulo Rogério Bonan, Paula de Figueiredo Moura, Carolina
Cavalcante Bitu, Jorge Esquiche León, Ricardo D. Coletta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Shortening ventilatory support with a protocol based on daily extubation screening and noninvasive
ventilation in selected patients
Patricia Nery, Laerte Pastore, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho, Guilherme Schettino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
A comparison between sphygmomanometer-based and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in
acute salt loading and depletion protocol
Carlos Eduardo Paiva, Andréia Fernanda Carvalho Leone Aguiar, Fernando Nobre, Eduardo Barbosa Coelho. . . . . 767
C-Reactive protein predicts acute myocardial infarction during high-risk noncardiac and vascular
surgery
Oscar M. Martins, Vicente F. Fonseca, Ivan Borges, Valério Martins, Vera Lucia Portal, Lucia Campos Pellanda . . . 773
Statin therapy blunts inflammatory activation and improves prognosis and left ventricular
performance assessed by Tissue Doppler Imaging in subjects with chronic ischemic heart failure:
results from the Daunia Heart Failure Registry
Michele Correale, Natale Daniele Brunetti, Antonio Totaro, Deodata Montrone, Anna Rita Russo, Anna Maria Fanigliulo,
Riccardo Ieva, Matteo Di Biase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Vaginal cone use in passive and active phases in patients with stress urinary incontinence
Jorge Milhem Haddad, Ricardo Muniz Ribeiro, Wanderley Marques Bernardo, Maurı́cio Simões Abrão, Edmund
Chada Baracat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
Screening for hotspot mutations in PI3K, JAK2, FLT3 and NPM1 in patients with myelodysplastic
syndromes
João Agostinho Machado-Neto, Fabiola Traina, Mariana Lazarini, Paula de Melo Campos, Katia Borgia Barbosa Pagnano,
Irene Lorand-Metze, Fernando Ferreira Costa, Sara T Olalla Saad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793
Low bone mass density is associated with hemolysis in brazilian patients with sickle cell disease
Gabriel Baldanzi, Fabiola Traina, João Francisco Marques Neto, Allan Oliveira Santos, Celso Dario Ramos,
Sara T Olalla Saad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
Pregnancy after uterine arterial embolization
Cláudio E. Bonduki, Paulo C. Feldner Jr., Juliana da Silva, Rodrigo A. Castro, Marair G. F. Sartori,
Manoel J. B. C. Girão . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
A comparison of three different target-controlled remifentanil infusion rates during target-controlled
propofol infusion for oocyte retrieval
Demet Coskun, Berrin Gunaydin, Ayca Tas, Gozde Inan, Hulya Celebi, Kadir Kaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
Thoracic Injuries in earthquake-related versus non-earthquake-related trauma patients: differentiation via Multi-detector Computed Tomography
Zhi-hui Dong, Zhi-gang Yang, Tian-wu Chen, Zhi-gang Chu, Wen Deng, Heng Shao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Initial respiratory management in preterm infants and bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Ester Sanz López, Elena Maderuelo Rodrı́guez, Cristina Ramos Navarro, Manuel Sánchez-Luna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
The slope of the oxygen pulse curve does not depend on the maximal heart rate in elite soccer players
Raphael Rodrigues Perim, Gabriel Ruiz Signorelli, Jonathan Myers, Ross Arena, Claudio Gil Soares de Araújo . . . . 829
BASIC RESEARCHES
An orally active formulation of angiotensin-(1-7) produces an antithrombotic effect
Rodrigo Araujo Fraga-Silva, Fabiana P. Costa-Fraga, Frederico B. De Sousa, Natalia Alenina, Michael Bader,
Ruben D. Sinisterra, Robson A. S. Santos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Chemical composition of the essential oil from kelussia odoratissima mozaff. and the evaluation of its
sedative and anxiolytic effects in mice
Mohammed Rabbani, Seyed Ebrahim Sajjadi, Masoud Sadeghi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
Histomorphometric changes in the perirenal adipocytes of adrenalectomized rats treated with
dexamethasone
Fairus Ahmad, Ima Nirwana Soelaiman, Elvy Suhana Mohd Ramli, Tan Ming Hooi, Farihah H. Suhaimi . . . . . . . . 849
Low-Intensity physical activity beneficially alters the ultrastructural renal morphology of
spontaneously hypertensive rats
Angélica Beatriz Garcia-Pinto, Verônica Soares de Matos, Vinicius Rocha, Jéssica Moraes-Teixeira,
Jorge José Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
Piper sarmentosum enhances fracture healing in ovariectomized osteoporotic rats: a radiological study
Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Haji Suhaimi, Srijit Das, Fazalina Mohd Fadzilah, Sharifah Majedah Idrus Alhabshi,
Ahmad Nazrun Shuid, Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
Chronic consumption of distilled sugarcane spirit induces anxiolytic-like effects in mice
Maria Clécia P. Sena, Fabı́ola C. Nunes, Mirian G. S. Stiebbe Salvadori, Cleyton Charles D. Carvalho, Liana Clébia S. L.
Morais, Valdir A. Braga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873
The effect of Nigella sativa extract on tracheal responsiveness and lung inflammation in ovalbuminsensitized guinea pigs
Mohammad Hossein Boskabady, Rana Keyhanmanesh, Saeed Khamneh, Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi . . . . . . . . . . . . 879
Prior exercise training does not prevent acute cardiac alterations after myocardial infarction in female
rats
Eduardo C. A. Veiga, Ednei L. Antonio, Danilo S. Bocalini, Neif Murad, Luiz C. Abreu, Paulo J. F. Tucci,
Monica A. Sato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889
Transforming growth factor-b in graft vessels: histology and immunohistochemistry
Shi-Min Yuan, Yan-Qing Wang, Yi Shen, Hua Jing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895
Heparanase isoform expression and extracellular matrix remodeling in intervertebral disc
degenerative disease
Luciano Miller Reis Rodrigues, Thérèse Rachell Theodoro, Leandro Luongo Matos, Ana Maria Mader, Carlo Milani,
Maria Aparecida da Silva Pinhal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
The potentially dual-faceted nature of fetuin-A in Helicobacter pylori infection and insulin resistance
Stergios A. Polyzos, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Georgia Deretzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
Diastolic dysfunction in end-stage renal disease patient: what the ticking clock has told us?
Chia-Ter Chao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Effects of inhaled cigarette smoke on the myo-articular system of female rats with collagen-induced
arthritis
Tayonara L. Moreira, Anna Raquel S. Gomes, Thaı́s R. Dresch, Suellen M. Silva, Silvia Valderramas . . . . . . . . . . . 915
The H/R FccRIIA-131 polymorphism and survival in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
(DLBCL) treated with R-CHOP: a study in a genetically mixed population
Débora Levy, Marcelo Bellesso, Pamela Oliveira-Souza, Felipe V. Maciel, Juliana Pereira, Sérgio P. Bydlowski . . . . . 919
CASE REPORTS
Glass-coated kites and cervical injuries: a serious threat to children and adults
Jessica Ventura, Elcio Shiyoiti Hirano, Gustavo Pereira Fraga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 923
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in a patient with chronic heart failure due to chagas disease: a
case report
Hugo Souza Bittencourt, Erenaldo de Souza Rodrigues Junior, Cristiano Gonçalves da Cruz, Alessandro Mezzani,
Francisco José Farias Borges dos Reis, Vitor Oliveira Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927
Scapular winging in Poland syndrome
Murat Uludag, Hasan Cece, Serap Incebiyik, Ahmet Demirkol, Ekrem Karakas, Kenan Akgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929