Aims of the Group:
The lines of research of the “Women’s Health” study group deal with health problems that particularly
affect women in the Northeast of Brazil. They aim to determine the principal risk factors for the more
prevalent problems and to draw up strategies for effective treatment and prevention. The group
covers problems to which women are prone throughout their lives, from infancy to the menopause,
including gestation. The more specific interests of the research group include the search for the best
evidence relating to the more prevalent gynecological conditions, with a view to improving care,
including problems relating to sexuality. It also aims to chart the prevalence of abortion and the
factors associated with it, as well as the physical and psychological features these include and issues
relating to contraception and post-abortion. The most common problems that affect women during
gestation and childbirth include hypertension, gestational diabetes and infections, including HIV/AIDS.
Work in this area also helps to protect the fetus. The group also conducts complementary diagnostic
examinations for diseases that are common in pregnancy and those carried out to evaluate the wellbeing of the unborn child and test for congenital abnormalities. In addition, the group studies
problems relating to nutrition throughout a woman’s life-cycle from birth to old-age, with attention to
the peculiarities of each stage in life, including the changes that occur during gestation, which may
lead to a deficiency of micro-nutrients. The overall aim is find solutions to the more prevalent
problems that affect women in the Northeast region, taking due account of its specific social,
economic and cultural features.
Name
Ariani Impieri de Souza (Leader)
[email protected]
Citation Name
Souza, AI
Melânia Maria Ramos de Amorim
[email protected]
Amorim, MMR
Luiz Cláudio Arraes de Alencar
[email protected]
Arraes, LC
Aurélio Antônio Ribeiro da Costa
[email protected]
Costa, AAR
Leila Katz
[email protected]
Katz, L
Isabela Cristina A.N.C. Coutinho
[email protected]
Coutinho, IC
José Eulálio Cabral Filho
eulá[email protected]
Cabral-Filho, JE
Highest Qualification
Doctorate in Nutrition,
Federal University of
Pernambuco (UFPE), 2002
Doctorate in Gynecology,
University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), 1998
Doctorate in Infectious
Diseases, Federal University
of São Paulo (UNIFESP),
2000
Doctorate in Gynecology,
University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), 2007
Doctorate in Gynecology,
University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), 2007
Doctorate in surgery,
Federal University of
Pernambuco (UFPE), 2007
Doctorate in Pharmacology,
São Paulo School of
Medicine (UNIFESP), 1987
• Lines of Research
·
Abortion epidemiology and post-abortion care
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Pre-natal care, childbirth and puerperium
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Evaluation and management of the nutritional status throughout the life-cycle
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Gynecological surgery
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STDs/AIDS
·
Empirical clinical gynecology
·
Hypertension in pregnancy
·
HPV/Cervical Cancer
·
Methods for diagnosis and treatment in fetal medicine
• Main Output:
• Published Articles
1. Souza ASR, Arruda TAM, Amorim MMR. Mortalidade determinada por anomalias congênitas
em Pernambuco, Brasil: de 1993 a 2003. [Mortality caused by congentical anomalies in
Pernambuco, Brazil, 1993 – 2003] Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2008; 54:1-5.
2. Amorim, MMR, Katz L, Silva JLP, Figueiroa JN. Postpartum dexamethasone for women with
HELLP syndrome: a double-blind, placebo-controled, randomized clinical trial. Am J Obstet
Gynecol (Online). 2008; 198:1e1-1e7.
3. Amorim MMR, Coutinho I, Katz L, Ferraz AB. Uterine Exteriorization Compared With In Situ
Repair at Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2008; 111:63947.
4. Melo ASO, Assunção PL, Gondim SSR, Carvalho DF, Amorim MMR, Benício MHD, Cardoso
MAA. Estado nutricional materno, ganho de peso gestacional e peso ao nascer. [The
Nutritional Status of Mothers, Weight-Gain during Pregnancy and Weight at Birth] Rev Bras
Epidemio. 2007; 10:249-57.
5. Souza AI, Bresani CC, Batista-Filho M, Figueirôa JN. Anemia e ferropenia em gestantes:
discensos de resultados de um estudo transversal. [Ferropenic Anemia in Pregnant Women:
disagreements with the results of a cross-cutting study] Rev Bras Saúde Matern Infant. 2007;
7:s15-s21.
6. Amorim MMR, Costa AAR, Pinto Neto AM, Scavuzzi A, Paiva LHC. Use of misoprostol prior to
hysteroscopy in postmenopausal women. A randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. J
Minimal Invas Gynecol. 2008; 15:67-73.
7. Schettini J, Amorim MMR, Costa AAR, Albuquerque Neto LC. Pain evaluation in outpatients
submitted to diagnostic anesthesia free hysteroscopy in a teaching-hospital: a cohort study. J
Minimal Invas Gynecol. 2007; 14:729-35.
8. Souto-Maior MCF, Souza AI, Amorim MMR, Valente E, Costa AAR, Scavuzzi A, Cabral-Filho JE.
Achados de laparoscopias ginecológicas realizadas em mulheres com dificuldade reprodutiva
atendidas em um hospital-escola: série de casos. [Findings of Gynecological Laparoscopies
carried out on Women with Reproductive Disorders attended by a teaching hospital: a series
of cases] RBGO. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2007; 29:297-302.
9. Estratégia de conduta intraparto no teratoma cervical congênito: procedimento EXIT
(tratamento extra-útero intraparto). [An Intrapartum Conduct Strategy for congenital cervical
teratomea the EXIT procedure (extra utero interpartum treatment)] Acta Médica Portuguesa.
2007; 20:221-7.
10. Ferreira ALCG, Souza AI, Amorim MMR. Prevalência das disfunções sexuais femininas em
clínica de planejamento familiar de um hospital escola no Recife, Pernambuco. [The
Prevalence of Female Sexual Dysfunctions at the Family Planning Clinic of a Teaching Hospital
in Recife, Pernambuco.] Rev Bras Saúde Matern Infant. 2007; 7:143-50.
• Book Chapters:
1. Porto AMF. Infecções congênitas: Parte A - Toxoplasmose. [ Congenital Infections: Part A—
Toxoplasmosis] In: Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Souza ASR, Marques M. Medicina Fetal. [Fetal
Medicine] 1st. Ed. Rio de Janeiro: MedBook; 2008. p. 11-21.
2. Costa AAR. Cirurgia Ambulatorial. [Outpatients Surgery] In: Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Porto
AMF, Amorim MMR, Mendonça VG (Eds.). Ginecologia Clínica - diagnóstico e tratamento.
[Clinical Gynecology: diagnosis and treatment] 1st Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Medbook; 2007. p. 45968.
3. Ferreira ALCG, Souza AI. Malformações do Sistema Genital. [Malformations of the Genital
System] In: Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Porto AMF, Amorim MMR, Mendonça VG (Eds.).
Ginecologia Clínica - diagnóstico e tratamento. [Clinical Gynecology—Diagnosis and
Treatment] 1st ed. Rio de Janeiro: MedBook; 2007. p. 200-3.
4. Sampaio AS, Souza AI, Arraes LC. Infecção pelo HIV na mulher. [HIV Infection in Women] In:
Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Porto AMF, Mendonça VG (Eds.). Ginecologia Clinica - diagnóstico e
tratamento. [Clinical Gynecology—Diagnosis and Treatment] Rio de janeiro:MedBook; 2007.
p.
5. Ferreira ALCG, Souza AI, Pituba MC, Fittipaldi SO. Ginecologia Infanto puberal. [ChildhoodPubertal Gynecology] In: Lima, EJF, Souza MFT, Brito RCCM (Eds.). Pediatria Ambulatorial.
[Pediatric Outpatients] 1st Ed. Rio de Janeiro: MedBook; 2007. p. 971-95.
• Books
1. Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Souza ASR, Lima MMS. Medicina Fetal. [Fetal Medicine] 1st Ed. Rio
de Janeiro: MedBook; 2008. 568 p.
2. Santos LC, Figueiredo SR, Porto AMF, Amorim MMR, Mendonça VG. Ginecologia Clínica:
Diagnóstico e Tratamento. [Clinical Gynecology: Diagnosis and Treatment] Rio de Janeiro:
MedBook; 2007. p.