Publications by authors named "Gentil Gomes da Fonseca Filho"
Article Synopsis
- Visual acuity is important for neurological development in infants, especially preterm ones in NICUs, as it helps them differentiate shapes and objects.
- A study conducted on 42 preterm infants assessed their visual acuity using specialized cards, finding an average acuity of 0.32 cycles per degree at around 32 weeks of corrected gestational age.
- Results showed no correlation between visual acuity and gestational age, birth weight, or respiratory support, but did reveal that more days of phototherapy were associated with lower visual acuity.
Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Premature Subjects Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
October 2020
Considering that the average age for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is 4-5 years, testing screening methods for ASD risk in early infancy is a public health priority. This study aims to identify the risks for development of ASD in children born prematurely and hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and explore the association with pre-, peri- and postnatal factors. : The children's families were contacted by telephone when their child was between 18 and 24 months of age, to apply the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFacial paralysis in newborns can leave functional sequelae. Determining the evolution and amount of functional losses requires consistent evaluation methods that measure, quantitatively, the evolution of clinical functionality. This paper reports an innovative method of facial assessment for the case of a child 28 days of age with unilateral facial paralysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To translate, to adapt and to validate the Utian Quality of Life (UQOL) for the Brazilian population.
Methods: Women in the climacteric phase, residents in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, located in the Brazilian Northeast, were randomly selected. UQOL and SF-36 questionnaires were used, and the translation from English to Portuguese was made by three teachers, while the adaptation stage of the translated version was made by applying the questionnaire to 35 women, which could mark the answer choice "I did not understand the question"; reproducibility measurements (test-retest) and construct validity were used to validate, following international methodological standards.