ISSN-1807-5932
CLINICS
CONTENTS
Clinics 2011 66(9):1513–1663
CLINICAL SCIENCES
Adiposity and postural balance control: Correlations between bioelectrical impedance and
stabilometric signals in elderly Brazilian women
Mı́riam Raquel Meira Mainenti, Érika de Carvalho Rodrigues, Juliana Flávia de Oliveira, Arthur de Sá Ferreira,
Cristina Márcia Dias, André Luı́s dos Santos Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1513
The prevalence of aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme genes (aac (69)-I, aac (69)-II, ant (20)-I, aph
(39)-VI) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Farzam Vaziri, Shahin Najar Peerayeh, Qorban Behzadian Nejad, Abbas Farhadian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1519
Impaired hemodynamic response to mental stress in subjects with prehypertension is improved after a
single bout of maximal dynamic exercise
Renata Frauches Medeiros, Bruno Moreira Silva, Fabricia Junqueira Neves, Natalia Galito Rocha, Allan Robson
Kluser Sales, Antonio Claudio Nobrega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and related factors in Taiwanese high-tech industry workers
Tzung-Yi Tsai, Jung-Feng Cheng, Yu-Min Lai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1531
Organic grape juice intake improves functional capillary density and postocclusive reactive hyperemia
in triathletes
Mariana Correa Gonçalves, Flavia Fioruci Bezerra, Elis Cristina de Araujo Eleutherio, Eliete Bouskela,
Josely Koury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1537
Simultaneous transfer of cholesterol, triglycerides, and phospholipids to high-density lipoprotein in
aging subjects with or without coronary artery disease
Carolina H. M. Azevedo, Maurı́cio Wajngarten, Ana C. Lo Prete, Jayme Diament, Raul C. Maranhão . . . . . . . . . 1543
Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Roberta Gonçalves Marangoni, Andre L. Hayata, Eduardo F. Borba, Pedro M. Azevedo, Eloisa Bonfá,
Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1549
Acute exercise improves cognition in the depressed elderly: the effect of dual-tasks
Paulo Eduardo Vasques, Helena Moraes, Heitor Silveira, Andrea Camaz Deslandes, Jerson Laks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1553
Antibody response following Hepatitis B vaccination in peritoneal dialysis patients: does normalized
urea clearance matter?
Erkan Dervisoglu, Melih Simsek, Ahmet Yilmaz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559
A comparative study of pelvic floor muscle training in women with multiple sclerosis: its impact on
lower urinary tract symptoms and quality of life
Adélia Correia Lúcio, Maria Carolina Perissinoto, Ricardo Aydar Natalin, Alessandro Prudente, Benito Pereira Damasceno,
Carlos Arturo Levi D’ancona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1563
End of life in the neonatal intensive care unit
Helena Moura, Vera Costa, Manuela Rodrigues, Filipe Almeida, Teresa Maia, Hercı́lia Guimarães . . . . . . . . . . . . 1569
Is allergic rhinitis a trivial disease?
Dirceu Solé, Inês Cristina Camelo-Nunes, Gustavo F. Wandalsen, Nelson A. Rosário, Emanuel C. Sarinho,
Brazilian ISAAC Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1573
Endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsies for mediastinal lesions and lymph node diagnosis and staging
José Celso Ardengh, Ricardo H. Bammann, Matheus de Giovani, Filadelfio Venco, Artur A. Parada . . . . . . . . . . . 1579
Why are there defaulters in eye health projects?
Regina Noma, Regina de S. Carvalho, Newton Kara-José . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1585
Analysis of angiogenic factors and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in cartilaginous tumors – clinical and
histological correlation
Francisco Fontes Cintra, Mauricio Etchebehere, José Carlos Barbi Gonçalves, Alejandro Enzo Cassone, Eliane Maria
Ingrid Amstalden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1591
Prenatal tobacco exposure is related to neurobehavioral modifications in infants of adolescent
mothers
Marina C. M. Barros, Sandro S. Mitsuhiro, Elisa Chalem, Ronaldo R. Laranjeira, Ruth Guinsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 1597
BASIC RESEARCHES
The effects of antidepressants and pilocarpine on rat parotid glands: an immunohistochemical study
Tatiana Maria Folador Mattioli, Silvana da Silva, Ana Maria Trindade Grégio, Maria Ângela Naval Machado,
Antônio Adilson Soares de Lima, Luciana Reis Azevedo-Alanis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1605
High-energy extracorporeal shockwave therapy in a patellar tendon animal model: a vascularizationfocused study
Fernando Travaglini Penteado, Flávio Faloppa, Guilherme Giusti, Vinı́cius Ynoe Moraes, João Carlos Belloti,
João Baptista Gomes dos Santos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1611
Exercise training attenuates acute hyperalgesia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic female rats
Denise M. Rossi, Vitor E. Valenti, Marcelo T. Navega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1615
The effects of pneumoperitoneum and controlled ventilation on peritoneal lymphatic bacterial
clearance: experimental results in rats
Armando Angelo Casaroli, Lycia M. J. Mimica, Belchor Fontes, Samir Rasslan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1621
REVIEW
Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary angioedema
Pedro Giavina-Bianchi, Alfeu T. França, Anete S. Grumach, Abı́lio A. Motta, Fátima R. Fernandes, Regis A. Campos,
Solange O. Valle, Nelson A. Rosário, Dirceu Solé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1627
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Hyperglycemia and postoperative outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery
Eduardo Mekitarian Filho, Werther Brunow de Carvalho, Sérgio Cavalheiro, Nelson Kazunobu Horigoshi,
Norberto Antonio Freddi, Gil Kruppa Vieira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1637
Association of MMP-8 polymorphisms with tendinopathy of the primary posterior tibial tendon: a
pilot study
Alexandre Leme Godoy-Santos, Rafael Trevisan, Túlio Diniz Fernandes, Maria Cristina L. G. dos Santos . . . . . . . 1641
Trunk stabilization among women with chronic lower back pain: a randomized, controlled, and
blinded pilot study
Silvia Ferreira Andrusaitis, Guilherme Carlos Brech, Gabriela Faller Vitale, Júlia Maria D’Andréa Greve . . . . . . . . 1645
CASE REPORTS
Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and intermittent left bundle branch block: an unusual electrocardiographic presentation of mad honey poisoning
Ayhan Saritas, Hayati Kandis, Davut Baltaci, Ismail Erdem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1651
Choreoathetosis after subarachnoid hemorrhage related to an aneurysm of the posterior fossa
Júlio Leonardo Barbosa Pereira, Lucas Alverne Freitas de Albuquerque, Mauro Cruz Machado Borgo,
Gerival Vieira Junior, Paulo Pereira Christo, Gervásio Teles C. de Carvalho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1655
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to pulmonary transplantation in Brazil: Are we
ready to embark upon this new age?
Marcelo Park, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, José Eduardo Afonso Junior,
Marcos Naoyuki Samano, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho, Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1659
ERRATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1663