Publications by authors named "Aline A Lopes"
Purpose: To analyze the association between hearing loss and health vulnerability in children aged 25 to 36 months.
Methods: Analytical observational cross-sectional study conducted through child hearing screening in nine day-care centers. The screening consisted of anamnesis, otoscopy, tympanometry, transient otoacoustic emissions, and pure tone audiometry.
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- The study evaluated body composition and hormonal control in 28 patients with acromegaly, comparing the effectiveness of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) with Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA).
- Results showed that patients with controlled acromegaly had lower levels of growth hormone and IGF-1 but similar body composition measurements for fat and muscle mass when compared with those having active disease.
- The findings indicate a strong correlation between BIA and DXA in assessing body composition, and highlight that adequately controlled patients had better metabolic outcomes, including lower fasting glucose and fewer instances of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
BACKGROUND Nesidioblastosis is a rare disease that is part of the differential diagnosis of pancreatogenic hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (PHH) in patients whose imaging studies do not localize insulinoma. Pancreatic heterotopia is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by pancreatic tissue anatomically separated from the main gland and found in 0.5% of abdominal surgeries.
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