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