Publications by authors named "Ines Romao Luz"
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- The study aimed to assess how the Pavlik Harness treatment affects motor skills development in children with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, compared to a healthy control group.
- A total of 121 children participated, consisting of 55 with the hip condition and 66 healthy children, with a focus on the timing of achieving three key motor milestones: sitting, crawling, and walking.
- Results showed that while children with the hip condition reached these milestones about a month later than healthy peers, the differences were not statistically significant, leading to the conclusion that the treatment does not cause major delays in motor skills development.
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- Graves disease in pregnant women can affect their newborns due to autoantibodies that influence thyroid function, prompting a study to identify predictors of neonatal thyroid issues.
- A retrospective study of 50 newborns from mothers with Graves disease revealed cases of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism linked to higher free thyroid hormone levels in mothers during the second trimester.
- The findings highlight the importance of regular thyroid function testing and monitoring of autoantibodies during pregnancy to better predict and manage potential thyroid problems in newborns.
Introduction: Ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate diet, which can be used as a treatment for refractory childhood epilepsy. The first aim of this study was to evaluate its efficacy, in patients receiving ketogenic diet for at least three months, on epilepsy control, behaviour and awareness. The secondary aims were to evaluate the variation in the number of antiepileptic drugs, reasons for discontinuing the diet and adverse effects.
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