ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2012 67(11):1235–1351
EDITORIALS
Homer’s odyssey and Brazilian universities
Lucas Leite Cunha, Laura Sterian Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235
Pneumological research in Clinics
Mauricio Rocha e Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Intraocular pressure in very low birth weight preterm infants and its association with postconceptional age
Rodrigo L. Lindenmeyer, Lucas Farias, Taı́s Mendonça, João Borges Fortes Filho, Renato S. Procianoy,
Rita C. Silveira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1241
Medical adverse events in elderly hospitalized patients: A prospective study
Claudia Szlejf, Jose Marcelo Farfel, Jose Antonio Curiati, Euro de Barros Couto Junior, Wilson Jacob-Filho, Raymundo
Soares Azevedo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247
The role of the resistive index in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a Sonographic pilot study in children
Basar Sarikaya, Huseyin Demirbilek, Deniz Akata, Nurgun Kandemir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1253
Pleural tuberculosis: is radiological evidence of pulmonary-associated disease related to the
exacerbation of the inflammatory response?
Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Juliana Puka, Márcia Seiscento, Milena M. P. Acencio, Lisete R. Teixeira,
Ricardo M. Terra, Roberta K. B. Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1259
Diaphragmatic pacing stimulation in spinal cord injury: anesthetic and perioperative management
Miguel L. Tedde, Paulo Vasconcelos Filho, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Juliano Pinheiro de Almeida, Gustavo
Fagundes Flora, Erica Mie Okumura, Eduardo A. Osawa, Julia Tizue Fukushima, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Filomena
Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, José Otávio Costa Auler Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1265
Proteinuria predicts relapse in adolescent and adult minimal change disease
Cristiane Bitencourt Dias, Cilene Carlos Pinheiro, Vanessa dos Santos Silva, Rodrigo Hagemann, Rui Toledo Barros,
Viktoria Woronik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1271
Increased IgE serum levels are unrelated to allergic and parasitic diseases in patients with juvenile
systemic lupus erythematosus
Bernadete L. Liphaus, Adriana A. Jesus, Clovis A. Silva, Antonio Coutinho, Magda Carneiro-Sampaio . . . . . . . . . 1275
Percutaneous closure of a post-traumatic ventricular septal defect with a patent ductus arteriosus
occluder
Er-Ping Xi, Jian Zhu, Shui-Bo Zhu, Gui-Lin Yin, Yong Liu, Yong-Qiang Dong, Yu Zhang, Feng Xia . . . . . . . . . . 1281
PIK3CA exon 20 mutations are associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients
Flavia R. Mangone, Irina G. Bobrovnitchaia, Sibeli Salaorni, Erika Manuli, Maria A. Nagai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285
Respiratory rehabilitation: a physiotherapy approach to the control of asthma symptoms and anxiety
Renata André Laurino (in memoriam), Viviane Barnabé, Beatriz M. Saraiva-Romanholo, Rafael Stelmach, Alberto Cukier,
Maria do Patrocı́nio T. Nunes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1291
Relationship between plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) gene polymorphisms and
osteoporosis in Turkish women
Merih Ozgen, Didem Turgut Cosan, Fulya Doganer, Ahu Soyocak, Onur Armagan, Hasan Veysi Gunes, Irfan Degirmenci,
Gulsah Ogutler Ozkara, Fezan Sahin Mutlu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1299
BASIC RESEARCHES
Adhesion-preventing properties of 4% icodextrin and canola oil: a comparative experimental study
Cengizhan Yigitler, Dursun Ozgur Karakas, Zafer Kucukodaci, Alpaslan Cosar, Bülent Gülec,
Mehmet Levhi Akin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1303
Comparison of Celsior and Perfadex lung preservation solutions in rat lungs subjected to 6 and 12
hours of ischemia using an ex-vivo lung perfusion system
Arteiro Queiroz Menezes, Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, Paulo Francisco Guerreiro Cardoso, Karina Andrighetti de
Oliveira Braga, Natalia Aparecida Nepomuceno, Rogerio Pazetti, Aristides Tadeu Correia, Mauro Canzian, Jacqueline
Klarosk Santim, Fabio Biscegli Jatene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309
REVIEWS
Quality of life measurements in patients with osteoporosis and fractures
Melisa M. Madureira, Rozana M. Ciconelli, Rosa M. R. Pereira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1315
Biomarkers in community-acquired pneumonia: A state-of-the-art review
Renato Seligman, Luis Francisco Ramos-Lima, Vivian do Amaral Oliveira, Carina Sanvicente, Elyara F. Pacheco,
Karoline Dalla Rosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1321
Imaging studies for diagnosing Graves’ orbitopathy and dysthyroid optic neuropathy
Allan C. Pieroni Gonçalves , Eloı́sa M. M. S. Gebrim, Mário L. R. Monteiro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1327
Airway disease: similarities and differences between asthma, COPD and bronchiectasis
Rodrigo Athanazio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1335
READERS OPINIONS
Systemic benefits and potential uses of tualang honey in addition to its beneficial effects on postmenopausal bone structure
Shailendra Kapoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345
Cerebral sparganosis
Viroj Wiwanitkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347
Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation frequency and non-small cell lung cancer management:
implication for treatment choices
Ramon Andrade De Mello, António Araújo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349
ERRATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1351