ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2010 65(11):1067–1218
CLINICAL SCIENCES
The effects of iron deficiency anemia on p wave duration and dispersion
Hakkı Simsek, Yilmaz Gunes, Cengiz Demir, Musa Sahin, Hasan Ali Gumrukcuoglu, Mustafa Tuncer. . . . . . . . . . 1067
The progins progesterone receptor gene polymorphism is not related to endometriosis-associated
infertility or to idiopathic infertility
Cristiane Gimenes, Bianca Bianco, Fernanda Abani Mafra, Victor Rosset, Denise Maria Christofolini,
Caio Parente Barbosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1073
The association between estimated average glucose levels and fasting plasma glucose levels
Giray Bozkaya, Emrah Ozgu, Baysal Karaca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1077
Oseltamivir compounding in the hospital pharmacy during the (H1N1) influenza pandemic
Márcia Lúcia de Mário Marin, Bruno Barbosa do Carmo Oliveira, Sonia Lucena Cipriano,
Carlos Alberto Suslik, Joel Faintuch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081
Application of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality Score (PRISM) score and determination of mortality
risk factors in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit
Graziela de Araujo Costa, Artur F. Delgado, Alexandre Ferraro, Thelma Suely Okay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087
Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of radial torsion angle measurements by a new and
alternative method with computed tomography
Luiz Fernando Pinheiro de Freitas, Cláudio Henrique Barbieri, Nilton Mazzer, Salomão Chade Assan Zatiti,
Ângela Delete Bellucci, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1093
Does minor histocompatibility antigen HA-1 disparity affect the occurrence of graft-versus-host
disease in tunisian recipients of hematopoietic stem cells?
Mohamed Hichem Sellami, Lamia Torjemane, Alejandro Espadas de Arias, Houda Kaabi, Saloua Ladeb,
Francesca Poli, Tarek Ben Othmane, Slama Hmida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099
Effects of massage therapy on sleep quality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Flavia Baggio Nerbass, Maria Ignez Zanetti Feltrim, Silvia Alves de Souza, Daisy Satomi Ykeda,
Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1105
A comparative study of ‘‘plasmacup’’ and ‘‘porous-coated’’ acetabular components: survival after 10
to 12 years of follow-up
José Ricardo Negreiros Vicente, Carlos Antonio Soares Ulhoa, Marcio Katz, Renato Dainesi Addeo,
Alberto Tesconi Croci. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111
Frequency of the mdr-1 C.T gene polymorphism in patients with COPD
Ömer Tamer Dogan, Nurkay Katrancıoglu, Oğuz Karahan, Gülizar Canan Sanlı, Ali Zorlu, Şinasi Manduz . . . . . . 1115
Natural coagulation inhibitors and active protein c resistance in preeclampsia
Cengiz Demir, Imdat Dilek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119
Acute strength exercise and the involvement of small or large muscle mass on plasma brain-derived
neurotrophic factor levels
Paulo Roberto Correia, Aline Pansani, Felipe Machado, Marilia Andrade, Antonio Carlos da Silva, Fulvio
Alexandre Scorza, Esper Abrão Cavalheiro, Ricardo Mario Arida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123
Depression during pregnancy in women with a medical disorder: risk factors and perinatal outcomes
Gláucia Rosana Guerra Benute, Roseli Mieko Yamamoto Nomura, Juliana Siracuza Reis,
Renério Fraguas Junior, Mara Cristina Souza de Lucia, Marcelo Zugaib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1127
High Rate of Viral Identification and Coinfections in Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis
Milena Siciliano Nascimento, Andréa Vieira de Souza, Adriana Vada de Souza Ferreira,
Joaquim Carlos Rodrigues, Sulim Abramovici, Luiz Vicente Ferreira da Silva Filho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133
Insulin Therapy does not Interfere with Venous Endothelial Function Evaluation in Patients with
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Antônio Marcos Vargas da Silva, Luciana de Moraes Penno, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Maria Cláudia Irigoyen,
Beatriz D’Agord Schaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1139
Trends in ischemic heart disease and stroke death ratios in brazilian women and men
Antonio de Padua Mansur, Desidério Favarato, Solange Desirée Avakian, José Antonio F. Ramires . . . . . . . . . . . 1143
Metabolic disorders prevalence in sudden deafness
Jeanne Oiticica, Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149
Clinical and haemodynamic evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension patients
scheduled for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Is schistosomiasis hypertension an important
confounding factor?
Mario Terra-Filho, Marcos Figueiredo Mello, Mônica Silveira Lapa, Ricardo Henrique Oliveira Braga Teixeira,
Fábio Biscegli Jatene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1155
Absence of the predisposing factors and signs and symptoms usually associated with overreaching and
overtraining in physical fitness centers
Carolina Ackel-D’Elia, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini, Adauto Castelo, Viviane Louise Andrée Nouailhetas,
Antonio Carlos da Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161
BASIC RESEARCHES
Phagocytic responses of peritoneal macrophages and neutrophils are different in rats following
prolonged exercise
Clı́lton K. O. Ferreira, Jonato Prestes, Felipe F. Donatto, Rozangela Verlengia, James W. Navalta,
Cláudia R. Cavaglieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1167
Nitric oxide contributes to learning and memory deficits observed in hypothyroid rats during neonatal
and juvenile growth
Mahmoud Hosseini, Samaneh Sadat Dastghaib, Houshang Rafatpanah, Mosa Al-Reza Hadjzadeh,
Hossein Nahrevanian, Ismaeil Farrokhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1175
The role of central mechanisms in the anti-inflammatory effect of amitriptyline on carrageenaninduced paw edema in rats
Valiollah Hajhashemi, Hossein Sadeghi, Mohsen Minaiyan, Ahmad Movahedian, Ardeshir Talebi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1183
Influence of asymptomatic pneumonia on the response to hemorrhage and resuscitation in swine
John W. Burns, Jill L. Sondeen, M. Dale Prince, J. Scot Estep, Michael A. Dubick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1189
REVIEW
Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in rheumatic diseases
Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Ernesto Canalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1197
LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Genitourinary paracoccidioidomycosis complicated with urinary outflow obstruction—a report of
two cases and a review of the literature
Paulo Henrique Goulart Fernandes Dias, Marcelo Zeni, Guilherme R. Taques, Frederico R. Romero,
Fernando Henrique Tremel Bueno, Luiz Carlos Almeida Rocha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207
Prone position ventilation, recruitment maneuver and intravenous zanamivir in severe refractory
hypoxemia caused by influenza A (H1N1)
Jair F. P. Biatto, Eduardo L. V. Costa, Laerte Pastore, Esper G. Kallás, Daniel Deheinzelin,
Guilherme Schettino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1211
Anomalous origin of left coronary artery diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging
Ricardo Oliveira Falcão, Marcelo Souto Nacif, Songtao Liu, David A. Bluemke, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte,
Edson Marchiori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1215
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: a treatable hereditary neuro-metabolic disease
Ana Claudia Rodrigues de Cerqueira, Antônio Egı́dio Nardi, Jose Marcelo Ferreira Bezerra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1217