[Procedures to improve daily activities performance in individuals with cerebral anoxia: case report].

Objective: To present a rehabilitation case study; procedures to improve the performance on daily activities were used by the caregiver.

Patient: Cerebral anoxia due to cardiac arrest. He presented memory deficits for both visual and verbal material, temporal disorientation, abulia, psychomotor slowing and bradypsychism.

Neurologic outcome after heart transplantation in Chagas' disease. Preliminary results.

Objective: To evaluate the neurologic morbidity after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), we examined consecutive Chagas' (Ch) and non-Chagas' (NCh) patients, before and after surgery.

Material And Methods: We undertook neurological and neuropsychological evaluations in Ch and NCh patients with end-stage cardiac failure, from September 1993 to September 1995.

Results: Of 10 Ch patients (mean age = 33.

[Normative data on the verbal fluency test in the animal category in our milieu].

Objective: Evaluate the performance on verbal fluency (VF) in our population in a Brazilian sample checking the influence of age and literacy.

Methods: 336 people without neurological or psychiatric complaints evaluated through Mini-Mental State Examination and VF (animals). For comparison, and to determine cut-off points, 65 people with cognitive loss followed at our clinic were also evaluated.

Neurological outcome in coronary artery surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.

Introduction: The neurological complications of coronary artery surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) have been extensively studied, but to our knowledge those without CPB (NCPB) have not been defined.

Patients & Methods: We prospectively examined 81 patients, before and up to seven days after surgery, to compare the neurological morbidity between patients subjected to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with and without CPB. We analyzed demographic variables, risk factors and neurological examination including neuropsychological (NPS) tests using chi-square and non-parametric analysis (Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis).

Botulinum toxin A for trismus in cephalic tetanus.

Cephalic tetanus is a localized form of tetanus. As in generalized forms, trismus is a prominent feature of the disease, leading to considerable difficulty in feeding, swallowing of the saliva and mouth hygiene. These difficulties often precede respiratory problems and aspiration bronchopneumonia is a frequent life-threatening complication.

[The Mini-Mental State Examination in a general population: impact of educational status].

To assess the influence of age and education on cognitive performance in our population, 530 adults were interviewed using the MMSE (Mini-Mental Status Examination). Education level, classified as illiterate, elementary and middle (< 8 years) and high (> 8 years), was a significant predictor of performance (p < 0.0001).