ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2011 66(4):523–718
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Genomic instability in human actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma
Luciana Sanches Cabral, Cyro Festa Neto, José A. Sanches Jr , Itamar R. G. Ruiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide receptor overexpression in adrenocortical hyperplasia in
MEN1 syndrome without loss of heterozygosity at the 11q13 locus
Marcia Helena Soares Costa, Sorahia Domenice, Rodrigo Almeida Toledo, Delmar Muniz L. Junior,
Ana Claudia Latronico, Emilia Modolo Pinto, Sergio Pereira Almeida Toledo, Berenice Bilharinho Mendonca,
Maria Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
The influence of intense intermittent versus moderate continuous exercise on postprandial lipemia
Aparecido Pimentel Ferreira, Cristiane Batisti Ferreira, Vinicius Carolino de Souza, Cláudio Olavo de Almeida Córdova,
Glauber Castelo Branco Silva, Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega, Nancı́ Maria de França . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Antimicrobial resistance and prevalence of resistance genes in intestinal Bacteroidales strains
Viviane Nakano, Amanda do Nascimento e Silva, Victor Rafael Castillo Merino, Hannah M. Wexler,
Mario Julio Avila-Campos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Trends and predictors of changes in pulmonary function after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis
Kuei-Pin Chung, Jung-Yueh Chen, Chih-Hsin Lee, Huey-Dong Wu, Jann-Yuan Wang, Li-Na Lee, Chong-Jen Yu,
Pan-Chyr Yang, the TAMI Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Eosinophilic esophagitis in patients with typical gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms refractory
to proton pump inhibitor
Cláudia Cristina de Sá, Humberto Setsuo Kishi, Ana Luiza Silva-Werneck, Joaquim Prado Pinto de Moraes-Filho,
Jaime Natan Eisig, Ricardo Correa Barbuti, Cláudio Lyioti Hashimoto, Tomas Navarro-Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Does staged closure have a worse prognosis in gastroschisis?
Augusto Frederico Schmidt, Anderson Gonçalves, Joaquim Murray Bustorff-Silva, Antônio Gonçalves Oliveira Filho,
Sérgio Tadeu Marba, Lourenço Sbragia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Upper airway collapsibility evaluated by a negative expiratory pressure test in severe obstructive sleep
apnea
Salvatore Romano, Adriana Salvaggio, Raquel Pastrello Hirata, Anna Lo Bue, Stefano Picciolo,
Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Giuseppe Insalaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Predictive score for clinical complications during intra-hospital transports of infants treated in a
neonatal unit
Anna Luiza Pires Vieira, Amélia Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos, Mariana Kobayashi Okuyama, Milton Harumi Miyoshi,
Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
The relationship between bisphosphonate use and demographic characteristics of male osteoporosis
patients
Alev Cevikoi, Ebru Umay, Sevgi Polat, Oznur Ecerkale, Aytul Cakci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Exercise-induced improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness and heart rate response to exercise are
impaired in overweight/obese postmenopausal women
Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac, Júlia Maria D’Andréa Greve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Role of psychiatric disorders and irritable bowel syndrome in asthma patients
Ayse Yilmaz, Birgul Elbozan Cumurcu, Turker Tasliyurt, Abdulkadir Geylani Sahan, Yusuf Ustun, Ilker Etikan . . . 591
Repeatability of the evaluation of systemic microvascular endothelial function using laser doppler
perfusion monitoring: clinical and statistical implications
Eduardo Tibiriçá, Alessandra SM Matheus, Bruno Nunes, Sandro Sperandei, Marilia B. Gomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Evaluation of prognostic factors in stage IIA breast tumors and their correlation with mortality risk
Solange Torchia Carvalho, Monica Maria Stiepcich, José Humberto Fregnani, Sueli Nonogaki, Rafael Rocha,
Fernando Augusto Soares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Physical activity attenuates neuropsychiatric disturbances and caregiver burden in patients with
dementia
Gustavo Christofoletti, Merlyn Mércia Oliani, Lı́lian Teresa Bucken-Gobbi, Sebastião Gobbi, Fernanda Beinotti,
Florindo Stella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
E-learning program for medical students in dermatology
Cristiana Silveira Silva, Murilo Barreto Souza, Roberto Silveira Silva Filho, Luciana Molina de Medeiros,
Paulo Ricardo Criado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
Verbal fluency in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and major depression
Narahyana Bom de Araujo, Maria Lage Barca, Knut Engedal, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho, Andrea Camaz Deslandes,
Jerson Laks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Earthquake-related pelvic crush fracture vs. non-earthquake fracture on digital radiography and
MDCT: a comparative study
Tian-wu Chen, Zhi-gang Yang, Zhi-hui Dong, Si-shi Tang, Zhi-gang Chu, Heng Shao. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Functional outcomes of conservatively treated clavicle fractures
Mohd Yazid Bajuri, S. Maidin , A. Rauf , M. Baharuddin , S. Harjeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
A comparison between magnetic resonance angiography at 3 teslas (time-of-flight and contrastenhanced) and flat-panel digital subtraction angiography in the assessment of embolized brain
aneurysms
Guilherme S. Nakiri, Antonio C. Santos, Thiago G. Abud, Davi C. Aragon, Benedicto O. Colli, Daniel G. Abud . . . 641
Noninvasive measurement of cardiac performance in recovery from exercise in heart failure patients
Jonathan N Myers, Pradeep Gujja, Suresh Neelagaru, Leon Hsu, Daniel Burkhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
Treatment of chronic periodontitis decreases serum prohepcidin levels in patients with chronic kidney
disease
Eduardo Machado Vilela, Jessica Amaral Bastos, Natalia Fernandes, Ana Paula Ferreira, Alfredo Chaoubah,
Marcus Gomes Bastos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
BASIC RESEARCHS
Enhancement of basolateral amygdaloid neuronal dendritic arborization following Bacopa monniera
extract treatment in adult rats
Venkata Ramana Vollala, Subramanya Upadhya, Satheesha Nayak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Chronic treatment with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, L-NAME, attenuates estradiol-mediated
improvement of learning and memory in ovariectomized rats
Hamid Azizi-Malekabadi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Fatima Saffarzadeh, Reza Karami, Fatimeh Khodabandehloo . . . . . . 673
REVIEW
A review of low-level air pollution and adverse effects on human health: implications for
epidemiological studies and public policy
Neide Regina Simões Olmo, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Alfésio Luı́s Ferreira Braga, Chin An Lin,
Ubiratan de Paula Santos, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
INVITED REVIEW
An update on the clinical assessment of the infertile male
Sandro C. Esteves, Ricardo Miyaoka, Ashok Agarwal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Characteristics of chronically critically ill patients: comparing two definitions
Márcio Manozzo Boniatti, Gilberto Friedman, Rodrigo Kappel Castilho, Silvia Regina Rios Vieira, Léa Fialkow . . . 701
Desmoid tumors of the chest wall: surgical challenges and possible risk factors
Fernando Conrado Abrão, Daniel Reis Waisberg, Angelo Fernandez, Wanderley Marques Bernardo,
Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes, Fabio Biscegli Jatene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
TECHNICAL NOTE
A comparison of the TruView EVO2 and macintosh laryngoscope blades
Ayse Cigdem Tutuncu, Guner Kaya, Yusuf Tunali, Fatis Altintas, Ozlem Korkmaz Dilmen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709
CASE REPORTS
Auditory training and cognitive functioning in adult with traumatic brain injury
Cristina Ferraz Borges Murphy, Renata Fillippini, Debora Palma, Tatiane Eisencraft Zalcman, Janaı́na Patrı́cio Lima,
Eliane Schochat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
Acute treatment of uncompensated heart failure with 10% hypertonic saline and its subsequent effect
on respiratory patterns
Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Pedro Caruso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717